Published: 15 March 2019

A modified technique for studying the automotive vibrations based on Jourdain’s principle

Van Liem Nguyen1
Van Quynh Le2
Renqiang Jiao3
1, 2, 3Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi City, China
1, 2, 3Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam
Corresponding Author:
Van Quynh Le
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Abstract

This study proposes a combined method of the multi-body system theory and the Jourdain’s principle to study the automotive vibration. A 3D dynamic model of the automotive is built based on the multi-body system theory, the vibration equations are described based on two methods including a method of the Jourdain’s principle and the traditional method of the Newton-Euler’s principle. Matlab/Simulink software is used to solve the vibration equations under the excitation of the step road. The results show that the acceleration responses of the vertical, pitch and roll vibrations of the vehicle’s body with the Jourdain’s method are similarly in comparison with the traditional method. Therefore, the Jourdain’s method not only is applied for studying the kinetic and dynamic model of multi-body systems but also can be applied for studying the automotive vibration. Especially, nonlinear properties of objects in the vibration model can be clearly described by the Jourdain’s method via the recursive Jacobian matrices.

A modified technique for studying the automotive vibrations based on Jourdain’s principle

1. Introduction

In order to establish the mathematical equations from the physical models of the multi-body systems, there were many methods for establishing the equations describing the motion of the system, such as Euler-Lagrange and D’Alembert’s principle [1, 2], Newton-Euler equations [3], Hamilton’s principle, Jourdain’s principle combines with multi-body system theories [4, 5].

Automotives are also considered to be multi-body systems including seats, vehicle body, engine, axles and wheels. Multi-bodies are connected through vibration isolation mounts. In the study of the automobile vibrations, two main methods were used including (1) using Adams, CATIA softwares to establish 3D models, the models were then simulated and analyzed the objectives via ANSYS or Matlab software [3, 6], and (2) from an actual automotive, establishing the physical model, the vibration equations were then established based on D’Alembert’s principle or Newton-Euler equations. Matlab/Simulink software was used to calculate the objectives [2, 7]. However, the second method was almost applied for study the automotive vibrations due to the efficiency of method for analyzing nonlinear models. Besides, a traditional method of the Newton’s second law not only simply used to establish vibration equations for simple physical models but also applied for solving nonlinear systems was almost chosen to establish the vibration equations of the car [3], the bus [8], the heavy truck [9], the vibratory roller [7], and so on. However, this method is difficult to apply for the complex dynamic systems of automotives considering the strong nonlinear force components such as the interactive of the wheels with the road surface, the characteristic of the suspension system when considering the impact of the suspension with the limiting stopper, wheel off-road surface.

Kinetic relationships of the complex dynamic systems are often expressed via trigonometric functions, which are factors that cause nonlinear. If the trigonometric angles are changed to be small in the wide range, the kinetic relations are strongly nonlinear. For these problems, the Jourdain’s principle (JP) was applied to establish the equations. Based on the multi-body system theory, a motorcycle dynamic model using JP was used to study the lateral stability of motorcycles [4]. The results showed that the longitudinal/vertical motions of the model were easily determined via kinetic relationships and the trigonometric functions. In addition, the derivation of the equations of motion from JP was similar independence in comparison with Lagrange’s principle which was used for establishing the vibration equations [5]. However, the JP has not yet been applied to study the automotive vibration.

In this study, a modified technique for studying the automotive vibrations based on a combined method of the multi-body system theory and the JP is applied. The nonlinear dynamic model of the vehicle is established based on two methods of the JP and the Newton’s second law. Matlab/Simulink software is used to simulate and compare the results of two methods under a step excitation of the road. The major goal of this study is to provide a modified technique for studying the automotive vibration apart from the traditional methods.

2. Methods for study the automotive vibration

2.1. Jourdain’s principle

Assuming that the kinematics of the mechanical system are characterized by m generalized velocities ϑ=vov,vωov,vq˙s corresponding to k natural coordinates χ=rov,vqvqs. Therefore, the linear and angular velocity and the linear and angular acceleration of each body ith in moving reference Rv with respect to the inertial reference Ro can be expressed by [5]:

1
voi=voiϑ,χ, ωoi=ωoi(ϑ,χ),
2
aoi=voi(ϑ,χ)ϑϑ˙+voi(ϑ,χ)χχ˙, εoi=ωoi(ϑ,χ)ϑϑ˙+ωoi(ϑ,χ)χχ˙.

The JP called by the principle of the virtual power is defined by [4]: Jourdain’s principle states that the virtual power done by motion compatible constraint efforts Fi,c/Mi,c is null, then:

3
i=1n{δvoiTFi,c+δωoiTMi,c}=0.

Appling Newton-Euler’s equation for motion compatible constraint efforts Fi,c/Mi,c, we have:

4
miaoi=Fi,c+Fi,eFi,c=miaoi-Fi,e,Iiεoi+ωoi×Iiωoi=Mi,c+Mi,eMi,c=Iiεoi+ωoi×Iiωoi-Mi,e.

By replacing Eqs. (2), (4) into Eq. (3), and after some algebraic manipulations, the dynamics motion expression is deduced as following:

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Mϑ˙=Qi=1nmivoiTϑvoi(ϑ,χ)ϑ+ωoiTϑIiωoi(ϑ,χ)ϑ.ϑ˙ =i=1nvoiTϑFi,e-mivoi(ϑ,χ)χχ˙+ωoiTϑMi,e-Iiωoi(ϑ,χ)χχ˙-ωoi×Iiωoi,

where M is the mass matrix obtained by the direct calculation of Jacobian matrices; Q is the vector of the generalized efforts.

2.2. Applying Jourdain’s principle for study the automotive vibration

The automotive model is considered as a set of seven bodies including the main body B, the front axle Af, the rear axle Ar and the four wheels w1-4. A direct application of the JP to establish the vibration equations of the vehicle is exposed. For this, the kinematics of each body in the moving reference Rv is described as follows: The generalized coordinates at the centre of gravity of the main body are xbybzb (the generalized coordinate B), of the each axle is xaiyaizai (the generalized coordinate Ai), and of each wheel is xjyjzj (the generalized coordinate wj), (i=f, r; j= 1-4), as plotted in Fig. 1(a). Assuming that the moving reference Rvis at the generalized coordinate B, three natural coordinates at the centre of gravity of the main body are the vertical displacement zb, the pitch ϕ and roll θ angles corresponding to its three generalized velocities are vz, ωx and ωy, respectively. Besides, two natural coordinates of the front and rear axles including vertical displacement and the roll angle at the centre of gravity of each axle also are zai and θai corresponding to two generalized velocities are z˙ai and θ˙ai. Hence, the generalized coordinates and velocities of the body and the axles are respectively defined by:

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χB=[zbϕθ]T, ϑB=[vzωxωy]T,
χA=[zaf θaf zar θar]T, ϑA=[z˙af θ˙af z˙ar θ˙ar]T.

The motion of wheels is considered as excitation forces that affect the suspension system and the vehicle body causing vibration of the automotive.

Fig. 1The automotive dynamic model

The automotive dynamic model

a) Automotive geometrical description

The automotive dynamic model

b) 3D dynamic models of the automotive

The mass matrix of the main body MT: The mass matrix MT is calculated via the automotive model in Fig. 1(a) as follows:

In the inertial reference Ro, the linear and angular velocity of the main body is given by:

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roB,o=[0 0 zb+hB]TvoBo=vzez, ωoB,o=[ωx ωy 0]T=ωxex+ωyey,

where ex=1 0 0T, ey=0 1 0T, and ey=0 0 1T are the direction vectors; hB is the static height of the centre of gravity of the vehicle body.

By replacing Eq. (7) into the mass matrix of the main body MT in Eq. (5), and after some algebraic manipulations, we have:

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MB=[bij]3×3, b11=mB, b22=IBy, b33=IBx, bij=0, ij,

where mB, IBx and IBy are the mass and the mass moments of inertia for the body pitch and roll.

The mass matrix of the axles MA: The position of the axle ith with respect to the inertial reference Ro are obtained by roAi,o=roB,o+rBAi,o=roB,o+RBAirBAi,B. The linear and angular velocity of each axle ith in moving reference Rv is obtained by a direct differentiation roAi,o as:

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voAi,B=oB,B+ωoB,B×rBAi,B+tzAz˙ai, ωoAi,B=ωoB,B+dθAθ˙ai,

where tzA=0 0 1T and dθA=1 0 0T are the direction vectors of vertical and roll motions.

By replacing Eq. (9) into the mass matrix of the axles MA in Eq. (5), we have:

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MA=[MAi]=[aij]4×4, a11=mAf, a22=dθATIAfxdθA,
a33=mAr, a44=dθATIArxdθA, aij=0, ij.

Vector of generalized efforts Q: Assume that FABj is the dynamic reaction forces from each axle into the vehicle body via the suspension systems and FwAj is the dynamic reaction forces of each wheel, we have:

11
FABj=cjδj+kjδ˙jez=cjz˙bj-z˙aj+kjzbj-zajez=-FBAj,
12
FwAj=cwjδwj+kwjδ˙wjez=cwjz˙aj-q˙j+kwjzaj-qjez,

where cj and kj are damping and stiffness coefficients, and δj is the relative displacement of the suspension systems; cwj and kwj are damping and stiffness coefficients of each wheel; δwj is the deformation of each wheel; qj is the exciting vibration from the road, (j= 1-4).

Vector of generalized efforts of the main body QB: The dynamic reaction force QB is determined by the vector of the generalized force QBF and generalized moment QBM as follow:

The linear and angular velocity of the main body in moving reference Rv are obtained by:

13
voBT=vz ez, ωoBT=ωxex+ωyey.

Replacing Eqs. (11), (13) into the vector of the generalized effort QB in Eq. (5), we have:

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QB=QBF QBMT=tzBTj=14FABj+mBgB,B
·dϕBTj=14(-1)n+1FABjrBjdθBTj=14(-1)j+1FABjrBjT,

where j= 1-2 then n= 1, j= 3-4 then n= 2; rBj is the distance from the position of FABj to the centre of gravity of the main body; gB,B is the gravitational acceleration of the main body and it is calculated by gB,B=gRoB0 0 -1T, in which RoB=Rϕ,xRθ,y is the matrix rotation of the body pitch and roll rotations in moving reference Rv and it is described in the reference [4].

Vector of generalized efforts of the axles QA: In the automotive model, the vehicle floor and the axles are connected by the dependent suspension systems. Therefore, the dynamic reaction forces affected on each axle is determined by:

15
QA=[QAf QAr]T=[QAfF QAfM QArF QArM]T.

The linear and angular velocities at each wheel and at the centre of gravity of each axle are:

16
vAjBT=z˙aj ez, ωAiBT=θ˙ai ey.

Replacing Eqs. (11), (12), (16) into the vector of the generalized efforts QAi in Eq. (5), the vector of generalized efforts of the front axle QAf and rear axle QAr in Eq. (15) is determined by:

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QAi=QAiFQAiM=tzAT(FBAv+FBAv+1+FwAv+FwAv+1+mAugAi,B)dθAT(FBAv-FBAv+1-FwAv+FwAv+1)rAi, i=f,i=r,v=1,v=3,

where gAi,B is the gravitational acceleration of each axle in moving reference Rv calculated by gAi=gRoBRBAi0 0 -1T; RBAi described in the reference [4] is the matrix rotation of the front and rear axles in the axle roll rotation depended on the structure of the dependent suspensions.

By replacing Eqs. (6), (8), (14) into Eq. (5), and also replacing Eqs. (6), (10), (15) into Eq. (5), the dynamics motion expressions of the main body and the axles are deduced by:

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Mϑ˙=QMBϑ˙B=QB,MAϑ˙A=QA.

The Eq. (18) is the general dynamic differential equations for the vehicle vibration model based on the Jourdain’s method.

2.3. Traditional method for study the automotive vibration

A 3D vehicle dynamic model is established as in Fig. 1(b). Based on Newton’s second law is applied to establish the vibration equations. The general dynamic differential equations for the vehicle model are then given by the following matrix form:

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MZ¨+CZ˙+KZ=Ft,

where [M], [C] and [K] are (m×m) mass, damping and stiffness matrices; Z and Ft are the (m×1) displacement vector and exciting force vector; and m is the number of DOF, (m= 7).

3. Simulation results and comparisons

In order to compare between the traditional and Jourdain’s methods for study the automotive vibration, an excitation of the step road carried out in Fig. 2 at a speed 20 m.s-1 of the vehicle traveling and the automotive parameters in the reference [10] are chosen to simulate. The simulation results of the acceleration responses with two methods are plotted in Fig. 3.

Observing Figs. 3, it can see that the acceleration responses of the vertical, pitch and roll vibrations of the vehicle body with the Jourdain’s method are similarly in comparison with the traditional method, especially the acceleration responses at 1.0-1.5 s, as see in Fig. 3(a) and (b). Also, at very small acceleration region from 1.5 s to the end, the acceleration responses with the Jourdain’s method are lightly deviated in comparison with the traditional method. This may be due to the effect of the Jacobian matrices which is characterized by the vibration equations of the JP. This characteristic reflects the strong or weak nonlinear properties of the dynamic model and its vibration equations, and it is clearly shown in Fig. 3(c). Fig. 3(c) shows that the acceleration response of the vehicle body’s roll angle with the traditional method is approximately zero value. This is due to the automotive dynamic model symmetrically assumed in the vertical plane, and the excitations of the left/right wheels are the same, as seen in Fig. 1(b). However, it is clearly with the Jourdain’s method, especially at 1.0 to 1.5 s. Although the acceleration value is also very small, but the result shows that the nonlinear characterizes of the dynamic model with the Jourdain’s method are clearly in comparison with the traditional method. Therefore, the Jourdain’s method not only can be applied for studying the automotive vibration but also can clearly reflect the strong or weak nonlinear properties of the automotive dynamic model.

Fig. 2Time history of the excitation road sources

Time history of the excitation road sources

Fig. 3The accelerations responses on a step road

The accelerations responses on a step road

a) Vertical vehicle body

The accelerations responses on a step road

b) Vehicle body’s pitch angle

The accelerations responses on a step road

c) Vehicle body’s roll angle

The accelerations responses on a step road

4. Conclusions

The comparison results of the acceleration responses with two methods are similarly under the excitation of the step, therefore, the method of the Jourdain’s principle can be applied to research the automotive vibrations apart from the traditional methods. The Jourdain’s method clearly reflects the strong or weak non-linear properties of the dynamic model through the vibration equations with recursive Jacobian matrices. This is very significant for studying the vibration of the complex dynamic models of the automotive with strong nonlinear properties.

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About this article

Received
16 December 2018
Accepted
29 December 2018
Published
15 March 2019
SUBJECTS
Vibration in transportation engineering
Keywords
automotive dynamic model
Jourdain’s principle
multi-body system theory
Acknowledgements

The work described in this paper was supported by Thai Nguyen University of Technology for an International Joint Scientific Project (Code: T2016-LK01).