@inproceedings{BuenteRillRuggaberetal., author = {B{\"u}nte, Tilman and Rill, Georg and Ruggaber, Julian and Tobol{\´a}ř, Jakub}, title = {Modelling and Validation of the TMeasy Tyre Model for Extreme Parking Manoeuvres}, series = {Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks II, Proceedings of the 27th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD 2021): August 17-19, 2021, Saint Petersburg, Russia}, booktitle = {Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks II, Proceedings of the 27th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD 2021): August 17-19, 2021, Saint Petersburg, Russia}, editor = {Orlova, Anna and Cole, David}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-031-07305-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-07305-2_94}, pages = {1015 -- 1025}, abstract = {The TMeasy is a tyre model suitable for vehicle handling analyses and enables easy parametrisation. Recently, a convenient interface to Modelica was implemented by DLR to support the TMeasy also for vehicle modelling in multi-physical domains. This paper focuses especially on the particular problem of reliable reproduction of the tyre's bore torque which occurs during parking manoeuvres. It outlines the theory behind it, discusses the Modelica interface implementation, and presents the results of parameter identification which were achieved based on real experiments with DLR's research platform ROboMObil.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Rill, author = {Rill, Georg}, title = {A Three-Dimensional and Nonlinear Virtual Test Car}, series = {ENOC 2022, book of abstracts, 10th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference: July 17-22, 2022, Lyon, France}, booktitle = {ENOC 2022, book of abstracts, 10th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference: July 17-22, 2022, Lyon, France}, address = {Lyon}, pages = {49 -- 58}, abstract = {Virtual testing procedures have become a standard in vehicle dynamics. The increasing complexity of driver assistance sys- tems demand for more and more virtual tests, which are supposed to produce reliable results even in the limit range. As a consequence, simplified vehicle models, like the classical bicycle model or 4-wheel vehicle models, have to be replaced by a fully three-dimensional and nonlinear vehicle model, which also encompasses the details of the suspension systems. This paper presents a passenger car model, where the chassis, the four knuckles, and the four wheels are described by rigid bodies, the suspension system is modeled by the generic design kinematics, and the TMeasy tire model provides the tire forces and torques in all driving situations.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{RillButzRill, author = {Rill, Daniel and Butz, Christiane and Rill, Georg}, title = {Dynamic Interaction of Heavy Duty Vehicles and Expansion Joints}, series = {Multibody Dynamics 2019, Proceedings of the 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics}, volume = {53}, booktitle = {Multibody Dynamics 2019, Proceedings of the 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics}, editor = {Kecskem{\´e}thy, Andr{\´e}s and Geu Flores, Francisco}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-030-23131-6}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-23132-3_56}, pages = {471 -- 478}, abstract = {The "Smart Bridge (Intelligente Br{\"u}cke)" project cluster, initiated by the German Federal Highway Research Institute (Bundesanstalt f{\"u}r Straßenwesen, BASt) and the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), focuses on "smart" monitoring devices that allow an efficient and economic maintenance management of bridge infrastructures. Among the participating projects, the one presented herein focuses on the development of a smart expansion joint, to assess the traffic parameters on site. This is achieved by measuring velocity and weight of crossing vehicles. In reference measurements, performed with a three-axle truck and a typical tractor semi-trailer combination with five axles in total, it was shown that the interaction between the vehicle and the expansion joint is highly dynamic and depends on several factors. To get more insight into this dynamic problem, a virtual test rig was set up. Although nearly all vehicle parameters had to be estimated, the simulation results conform very well with the measurements and are robust to vehicle parameter variations. In addition, they indicate a significant influence of the expansion joint dynamic to the peak values of the measured wheel loads, in particular on higher driving velocities. By compensating the relevant dynamic effects in the measurements, a "smart" data processing algorithm makes it possible to determine the actual vehicle weights in random traffic with reliability and appropriate accuracy.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{RillArrietaCastro, author = {Rill, Georg and Arrieta Castro, Abel}, title = {A Novel Approach for Parametrization of Suspension Kinematics}, series = {Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks: Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD 2019), August 12-16, 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden}, booktitle = {Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks: Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD 2019), August 12-16, 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden}, editor = {Klomp, Matthijs and Bruzelius, Fredrik and Nielsen, Jens and Hillemyr, Angela}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-030-38076-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_210}, pages = {1848 -- 1857}, abstract = {n the automotive industry, simulations are needed to analyse the dynamics of vehicles and also of its main components and subsystems, e.g. tires, brakes and suspension systems. These simulations are required for an early-stage development and in consequence, they must deliver realistic results. Suspension systems plays a key role in comfort and safety of road vehicles. They usually consist of rigid links and force elements that are arranged with a specific topology. In addition, some of their functionalities are to carry the weight of the car and the passengers, and maintain a correct wheel alignment. In simulations involving suspension systems, lookup-tables are frequently used. They are obtained from a Kinematic and Compliance (KnC) test and then standardized for a specific vehicle simulation software. Nonetheless, lookup-tables require a reasonable number of characteristic points. Additionally, derivatives, interpolation, and extrapolation are not necessarily smooth. This produces results that depend on the interpolation technique and may be inaccurate. In this paper, a novel method called "design kinematics" is proposed. This method can describe the kinematic properties of almost any type of suspension systems. Comparisons with an analytic calculation and a KnC measurement shown that the design kinematics is able to represent the kinematic and compliance properties of suspension systems extremely well and very efficiently.}, language = {en} } @article{Rill, author = {Rill, Georg}, title = {Sophisticated but quite simple contact calculation for handling tire models}, series = {Multibody system dynamics}, volume = {45}, journal = {Multibody system dynamics}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, organization = {SPRINGER}, doi = {10.1007/s11044-018-9629-4}, pages = {131 -- 153}, abstract = {Handling tire models like Pacejka (Tire and Vehicle Dynamics, 3rd edn., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2012) or TMeasy (Rill in Proc. of the XV Int. Symp. on Dynamic Problems of Mechanics, Buzios, RJ, Brazil, 2013) consider the contact patch as one coherent plane. As a consequence, the irregularities of a rough road profile must be approximated by an appropriate local road plane that serves as an effective road plane in order to calculate the geometric contact point and the corresponding contact velocities. The Pacejka/SWIFT tire model employs a road enveloping model that generates the effective height and slope by elliptical cams. TMeasy just uses four representative road points for that purpose. In addition, TMeasy replaces the geometric contact point by the static contact point and shifts it finally to the dynamic contact point that represents the point where the contact forces are applied. In doing so, a rather sophisticated but still simple contact calculation is possible. Simulations obtained with a virtual tire test rig and fully nonlinear three-dimensional multibody system models of a motor-scooter and a passenger car demonstrate the potential of this contact approach.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{RillArrietaCastro, author = {Rill, Georg and Arrieta Castro, Abel}, title = {The Influence of Axle Kinematics on Vehicle Dynamics}, series = {Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics. Proceedings of the Third International Conference (IAK)}, volume = {71}, booktitle = {Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics. Proceedings of the Third International Conference (IAK)}, editor = {Kecskem{\´e}thy, Andr{\´e}s and Geu Flores, Francisco and Carrera, Eliodoro and Elias, Dante A.}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-030-16422-5}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-16423-2_2}, pages = {23 -- 31}, abstract = {The automotive industry employs many different kinds of axle suspension systems at modern passenger cars. Important criteria are costs, space requirements, kinematic properties, and compliance attributes. This paper illustrates that in particular the kinematic properties of a suspension system have a significant influence on the dynamics of vehicles. As a consequence, the kinematics of a suspension system must be modeled very precisely and nonlinear. Typical kinematical features of a suspension system are discussed by analyzing the most common double wishbone axle suspension system. The influence of the axle kinematics on vehicle dynamics is finally demonstrated by simulation results generated with a fully nonlinear and three-dimensional multibody vehicle model.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Rill, author = {Rill, Georg}, title = {TMeasy 6.0-A handling tire model that incorporates the first two belt eigenmodes}, series = {Proceedings of the XI International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2020): Athens, Greece, 23.11.2020 - 26.11.2020}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the XI International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2020): Athens, Greece, 23.11.2020 - 26.11.2020}, publisher = {EASD Procedia}, doi = {10.47964/1120.9054.18673}, pages = {676 -- 689}, abstract = {TMeasy 6.0, an extension to the standard TMeasy tire model of version 5.3, takes the relevant first two rigid body eigenmodes of the belt into consideration. These modes represent the in plane longitudinal and rotational movements of the belt relative to the rim. The dynamics of the longitudinal force is of higher order then and reproduces the tire wheel vibrations, required for indirect tire-pressure monitoring systems (iTPMS), sufficiently well. A tailored implicit solver, which takes the stiff coupling between the longitudinal force and the belt motions into account, still provides real-time performance in addition. Simulation examples show that a rigid body vehicle model equipped with TMeasy 6.0 makes it possible to investigate second generation indirect tire-pressure monitoring systems.}, language = {en} } @book{RillArrietaCastro, author = {Rill, Georg and Arrieta Castro, Abel}, title = {Road Vehicle Dynamics}, publisher = {CRC Press}, address = {Boca Raton, Fla.}, isbn = {9780429244476}, doi = {10.1201/9780429244476}, abstract = {Road Vehicle Dynamics: Fundamentals and Modeling with MATLAB®, Second Edition combines coverage of vehicle dynamics concepts with MATLAB v9.4 programming routines and results, along with examples and numerous chapter exercises. Improved and updated, the revised text offers new coverage of active safety systems, rear wheel steering, race car suspension systems, airsprings, four-wheel drive, mechatronics, and other topics. Based on the lead author's extensive lectures, classes, and research activities, this unique text provides readers with insights into the computer-based modeling of automobiles and other ground vehicles. Instructor resources, including problem solutions, are available from the publisher.}, subject = {Fahrdynamik}, language = {en} } @incollection{Rill, author = {Rill, Georg}, title = {Multibody Systems and Simulation Techniques}, series = {Vehicle Dynamics of Modern Passenger Cars}, booktitle = {Vehicle Dynamics of Modern Passenger Cars}, editor = {Lugner, Peter}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-79007-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-79008-4_6}, pages = {309 -- 375}, abstract = {This part begins with an introduction to Multibody Systems (MBS). It presents the elements of MBS and discusses different modeling aspects. Then, different methods to generate the equations of motion are presented. Solvers for ordinary differential equations (ODE) as well as differential algebraic equations (DAE) are discussed. Finally, techniques for "online" and "offline" simulations including real-time applications are presented like necessary for car development. Special examples show the connection between simulation and test results.}, language = {en} } @incollection{ArrietaCastroRillWeber, author = {Arrieta Castro, Abel and Rill, Georg and Weber, Hans I.}, title = {Development of a Robust Integrated Control System to Improve the Stability of Road Vehicles}, series = {Multibody Mechatronic Systems}, volume = {54}, booktitle = {Multibody Mechatronic Systems}, editor = {Carvalho, Jo{\~a}o Carlos Mendes and Martins, Daniel and Simoni, Roberto and Simas, Henrique}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-67566-4}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-67567-1_48}, pages = {506 -- 516}, abstract = {Nowadays, new technologies are pushing the road vehicle limits further. Promising applications, e.g., self-driving cars, require a suitable control system that can maintain the vehicle's stability in critical scenarios. In most of current cars, the control systems actuates independently, meaning there is not a coordination or data sharing between them. This approach can produce a conflict between these standalone controllers and thus, no improvements on the vehicle's stability are achieved or even a worse scenario can be generated. In order to overcome these problems, an integrated approach is developed in this work. This integration, defined in this work as Integrated Control (IC), is done by an intelligence coordination of all standalone controllers inside the vehicle, i.e., Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Stability Program (ESP) and Four-Wheel Steering System (4WS). The ABS model was built using Fuzzy logic, for which only three rules were necessary to get a good performance. To design the ESP and the 4WS, the simple handling vehicle model was used as a reference behavior. The IC was designed using the hierarchical approach with two layers, i.e., the upper and lower layer. The upper one, observes the side slip angle and depends of its value the upper layer triggers the ESP or the 4WS. Finally, in order to prove the improvements of the IC system over the non-integrated approach, a full-size vehicle model was used to perform simulation in run-off-road and μ-split scenarios.}, language = {en} }