TY - CHAP A1 - Bünte, Tilman A1 - Rill, Georg A1 - Ruggaber, Julian A1 - Tobolář, Jakub ED - Orlova, Anna ED - Cole, David T1 - Modelling and Validation of the TMeasy Tyre Model for Extreme Parking Manoeuvres T2 - 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 N2 - 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. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-031-07305-2 SN - 978-3-031-07304-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07305-2_94 SP - 1015 EP - 1025 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rill, Georg A1 - Bauer, Florian A1 - Topcagic, Edin T1 - Performance of leaf spring suspended axles in model approaches of different complexities JF - Vehicle System Dynamics N2 - Axles with leaf spring suspension systems are still a popular choice in many commercial vehicles. However, leaf springs are not in perfect conformity to standard multibody vehicle models because they combine guidance and suspension in one single element. Combining standard multibody vehicle models with sophisticated finite element leaf spring models results in rather complex and computing time-consuming solutions. Purely kinematic models, defined by lookup tables or the design kinematics approach, cover only some but not all features of the leaf spring suspension. As shown here, the five-link model, which incorporates a quasi-static solution of the leaf spring compliance, provides a very practical model. It is comparatively lean and provides results of sufficient accuracy in the whole application range. KW - beam-model KW - commercial vehicles KW - design kinematics KW - five-Link model KW - Leaf spring suspension KW - vehicle dynamics Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2021.1928249 VL - 60 IS - 8 SP - 2871 EP - 2889 PB - Taylor&Francis ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bruni, S. A1 - Meijaard, J. P. A1 - Rill, Georg A1 - Schwab, A. L. T1 - State-of-the-art and challenges of railway and road vehicle dynamics with multibody dynamics approaches JF - Multibody System Dynamics N2 - A review of the current use of multibody dynamics methods in the analysis of the dynamics of vehicles is given. Railway vehicle dynamics as well as road vehicle dynamics are considered, where for the latter the dynamics of cars and trucks and the dynamics of single-track vehicles, in particular motorcycles and bicycles, are reviewed. Commonalities and differences are shown, and open questions and challenges are given as directions for further research in this field. KW - AUTOMATIC-GENERATION KW - BICYCLE DYNAMICS KW - Bicycles KW - CREEP FORCES KW - FREIGHT WAGON KW - LATERAL DYNAMICS KW - LINEAR-MODEL KW - Motorcycles KW - NON-HERTZIAN KW - PASSIVE RIDER KW - Railway vehicles KW - Review KW - Road vehicles KW - ROLLING-CONTACT KW - vehicle dynamics KW - WHEELSET-TRACK INTERACTION Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-020-09735-z VL - 49 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 32 PB - Springer ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rill, Georg A1 - Bauer, Florian A1 - Kirchbeck, Mathias T1 - VTT - a virtual test truck for modern simulation tasks JF - Vehicle system dynamics N2 - The development of new technologies like advanced driver assistance systems or automated driving requires a flexible simulation environment of sufficient complexity. In general this flexibility is not provided by commercial software packages. This paper presents a three-dimensional and nonlinear hand-made model for heavy commercial vehicles including tractor and trailer as well as tractor and semitrailer combinations that can be used in different simulation environments, as well as in real-time applications. As typical for trucks, the torsional flexibility of the frame and a suspended driver's cabin are taken into account. The design kinematics makes it possible to handle different and quite complex axle suspensions very efficiently. Appropriate force elements are used to model various couplings between tractor and trailer or tractor and semitrailer, respectively. The virtual test truck environment (VTT) coded in ANSI C is extremely portable and can easily be embedded in commercial simulation packages like MATLAB/Simulink. It includes the TMeasy tyre model and offers flexible interfaces to third-party software tools. KW - coupled air springs KW - design Kinematics KW - heavy commercial vehicles KW - MATLAB KW - Simulink KW - TMeasy tyre model KW - vehicle coupling KW - Vehicle modelling Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2019.1705356 VL - 59 IS - 4 SP - 635 EP - 656 PB - Taylor&Francis ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rill, Georg T1 - Sophisticated but quite simple contact calculation for handling tire models JF - Multibody system dynamics N2 - 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. KW - Dynamic contact point KW - Effective road plane KW - Geometric contact point KW - Static contact point KW - Tire road contact KW - TMeasy tire model KW - Vehicle modeling Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-018-9629-4 VL - 45 IS - 2 SP - 131 EP - 153 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Arrieta Castro, Abel A1 - Rill, Georg A1 - Weber, Hans I. ED - Carvalho, João Carlos Mendes ED - Martins, Daniel ED - Simoni, Roberto ED - Simas, Henrique T1 - Development of a Robust Integrated Control System to Improve the Stability of Road Vehicles T2 - Multibody Mechatronic Systems N2 - 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. KW - 4WS KW - ABS KW - ESP KW - Integrated control KW - Run-off-Road scenarios Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-67566-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67567-1_48 VL - 54 SP - 506 EP - 516 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hackl, Andreas A1 - Hirschberg, Wolfgang A1 - Lex, Cornelia A1 - Rill, Georg ED - Andreescu, Cristian ED - Clenci, Adrian T1 - Tyre Dynamics: Model Validation and Parameter Identification T2 - Proceedings of the European Automotive Congress EAEC-ESFA 2015 N2 - The present paper deals with the experimental validation of tyre dynamics approaches as it is widely applied in tyre models for vehicle dynamics and handling. Firstly it gives a brief derivation of two modelling principles regarding the deflection velocity in the considered direction of the tyre’s deformation. This is than followed by a brief description of the performed measurement procedure. From the measurements, a set of model parameters of the considered tyre, depending on different manoeuvre speeds and frequencies, is identified, where no particular fitting parameters for the tyre dynamics are needed. Based on these model parameters, the related dynamic simulations are carried out. The comparisons show that the applied first-order model describes the behaviour quite well within a certain operation range, whereas the second-order approach cannot deliver better results in spite of the longer computational time. However, for investigations within an enlarged frequency range of the steer input and at high slip angles, a more detailed model is recommended. KW - Semi-physical model KW - Tyre dynamics modelling KW - Tyre testing KW - vehicle dynamics Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-319-27275-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27276-4_20 VL - 45 SP - 219 EP - 232 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dessort, Ronnie A1 - Chucholowski, Cornelius A1 - Rill, Georg ED - Bargende, Michael ED - Reuss, Hans-Christian ED - Wiedemann, Jochen T1 - Parametrical approach for modeling of tire forces and torques in TMeasy 5 T2 - Proceedings of the 16. Internationales Stuttgarter Symposium Automobil- und Motorentechnik N2 - For the dynamic simulation of on-road vehicles, the model-element "tire/road" is of special importance, according to its influence on the achievable results. Sufficient description of the interaction between tire and road is one of the most challenging tasks of vehicle modeling. Two groups of tire models can be classified: handling models and structural or high-frequency models. Usually, various assumptions are made in modeling vehicles as multibody systems. Therefore, in the interest of balanced modeling, the precision of the complete vehicle model should stand in reasonable relation to the performance of the applied tire model. Handling tire models are characterized by a useful compromise between user friendliness, model complexity, and efficiency in computation time on the one hand, and precision in representation on the other hand. The present paper describes the general approach of the semi-physical tire model TMeasy for vehicle dynamics and handling simulation and its enhancement for bore torque simulation in Version TMeasy 5. A parameter fitting process realized by TESIS DYNAware and the validation of real tire behavior by simulation with DYNA4 is presented. Even with first guess parameters, the TMeasy tire model behaves in a realistic and plausible manner. Parameter estimation is intuitive and datasets from previous model versions can be easily migrated. After parameter fitting, the simulation results correlate well with both the tire test rig and full vehicle measurements. The enhancement of a three-dimensional slip calculation in the latest version does not modify the model behavior for high slip conditions, but improves the results not only for highly dynamic situations but also for low speed maneuvers such as parking. KW - Drehmoment KW - dynamische Simulation KW - Einparken KW - Fahrzeugdynamik KW - Mehrkörpersystem KW - Parameterabschätzung KW - Rechenzeit KW - REIFENKRAFT KW - Reifentest KW - simuliertes Ergebnis Y1 - 2016 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317037138_Parametrical_Approach_for_Modeling_of_Tire_Forces_and_Torques_in_TMeasy_5 SN - 978-3-658-13254-5 SP - 435 EP - 449 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dessort, Ronnie A1 - Chucholowski, Cornelius A1 - Rill, Georg ED - Bargende, Michael ED - Reuss, Hans-Christian ED - Wiedemann, Jochen T1 - Parametrical approach for modeling of tire forces and torques in TMeasy 5 T2 - 16. Internationales Stuttgarter Symposium, Automobil- und Motorentechnik, Bd. 1 N2 - For the dynamic simulation of on-road vehicles, the model-element “tire/road” is of special importance, according to its influence on the achievable results. Sufficient description of the interaction between tire and road is one of the most challenging tasks of vehicle modeling. Two groups of tire models can be classified: handling models and structural or high-frequency models. Usually, various assumptions are made in modeling vehicles as multibody systems. Therefore, in the interest of balanced modeling, the precision of the complete vehicle model should stand in reasonable relation to the performance of the applied tire model. Handling tire models are characterized by a useful compromise between user friendliness, model complexity, and efficiency in computation time on the one hand, and precision in representation on the other hand. Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-658-13254-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13255-2_31 SP - 435 EP - 449 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hackl, Andreas A1 - Hirschberg, Wolfgang A1 - Lex, Cornelia A1 - Rill, Georg T1 - Parameterization Process of the Maxwell Model to Describe the Transient Force Behavior of a Tire T2 - WCX 17: SAE World Congress Experience 2017 N2 - The present technical article deals with the modeling of dynamic tire forces, which are relevant during interactions of safety relevant Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Special attention has been paid on simple but effective tire modeling of semi-physical type. In previous investigations, experimental validation showed that the well-known first-order Kelvin-Voigt model, described by a spring and damper element, describes good suitability around fixed operation points, but is limited for a wide working range. When aiming to run vehicle dynamics models within a frequency band of excitation up to 8 Hz, these models deliver remarkable deviations from measured tire characteristics. To overcome this limitation, a nonlinear Maxwell spring-damper element was introduced which is qualified to model the dynamic hardening of the elastomer materials of the tire. However, the advantage of a more realistic description of the transient behavior leads to a more complex parametrization process. Therefore, in the proposed article attention is paid to describe the identification process including defined maneuvers to parameterize the tire model, where the accuracy of the parameter strongly depends on the quality of the available input data from measurement. In order to study this important aspect of parameterization, the reference data from simulation of the full physical tire model FTire is applied like a “virtual measurement” of specified testing maneuvers. The procedure of simulation by means of the enhanced first order dynamics model is implemented by the semi-physical tire model TMeasy. Finally, the improvements of the extended model are discussed and an outlook for future work is given. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4271/2017-01-1505 PB - SAE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rill, Georg A1 - Arrieta Castro, Abel ED - Klomp, Matthijs ED - Bruzelius, Fredrik ED - Nielsen, Jens ED - Hillemyr, Angela T1 - A Novel Approach for Parametrization of Suspension Kinematics T2 - 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 N2 - 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. KW - design Kinematics KW - Kinematic and compliance test KW - Suspension systems Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-38076-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_210 SP - 1848 EP - 1857 PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Cham ER -