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 - Diamantidis, Dimitris A1 - Lenzi, Daniele A1 - Sýkora, Miroslav T1 - Optimal decisions based on monitoring – case study of steel roof T2 - Proceedings of the Joint COST TU1402-TU1406 - IABSE WC1 Workshop, Zagreb 2-3 March 2017 N2 - Monitoring of structures and related decisions based on cost optimization are discussed in this contribution. Many research publications and experimental data are currently available on inspection and on monitoring and they represent the outcome of the remarkable work done. Not all the topics of interest are widely debated and implemented in standards. The current state-of-practice in standards is summarized and aspects to be included in future recommendations are proposed. The implementation of risk-based decisions is illustrated in a case study dealing with a stadium roof in Northern Italy. Snow actions are important especially in northern and mountainous regions where heavy snowfalls and related accumulation result to considerable loads. As the roof structure fails to comply with the requirements of Eurocodes, a permanent monitoring system has been installed to allow for real time evaluation of the reliability level of the structure. The system supplies the necessary information supporting immediate decisions on closure of the stadium in case of an extraordinary snow load. Cost-optimal decisions regarding the closure of the stadium are analysed based on a limit state function, on probabilistic models for the influencing parameters including measurement uncertainty, economic losses related to closure and failure consequences. The results demonstrate the potential of the use of the monitoring systems and probabilistic reliability analysis in order to support decisions and highlight the need for their implementation in future standards. KW - probabilistic methods KW - reliability analysis KW - reliability level KW - risk analysis KW - SHM KW - snow load KW - monitoring Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5592/CO/BSHM2017.4.7 SP - 4.7-1 EP - 4.7-7 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Neidhart, Thomas ED - Wegener, Thomas T1 - Bodenphysikalische und bodenmechanische Anforderungen an ZFSV (Flüssigboden) als Bettungsmaterialien erdverlegter Hochspannungsleitungen T2 - Rohrleitungen in digitalen Arbeitswelten : Tagungsband zum 31. Oldenburger Rohrleitungsforum 2017 Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-8027-2865-5 SP - 337 PB - Vulkan Verlag CY - Essen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Uhlar, Stefan A1 - Heyder, Florian A1 - Koenig, Thomas T1 - Assessment of two physical tyre models in relation to their NVH performance up to 300 Hz JF - Vehicle system dynamics N2 - The prediction of structure-borne noise using numerical methods has a crucial influence during the development process of modern passenger cars. In order to minimise the dynamic forces from the chassis transferred to the body structure, multibody simulation (MBS) can be used. The link between the road surface and the chassis is established by the tyre and its own structural dynamic characteristics. Therefore, it is substantial and the main goal of the present paper to investigate the Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) performance of two commercial physical tyre models available and commonly used in the market. The intention is to point out what kind of results (up-to-date) a user of these structural dynamic tyre models, namely FTire and CDtire/3D, will get with a focus on NVH. The authors strictly follow the established process of how to obtain the fitted tyre property files, as any other user of FTire and CDTire currently does. This process includes a measurement campaign of the real tyre and a subsequent fitting of the tyre property file. The fitting in this case is provided by the tyre model developers themselves, namely cosin and Fraunhofer ITWM. The tyre models are then integrated into the MBS software MSC.Adams where their performance will be assessed based on measured wheel-hub forces in the time and frequency domain up to 300 Hz. KW - CDTire KW - cleat KW - frequency analysis KW - FTire KW - Multibody-simulation KW - noise-vibration-harshness KW - rough road KW - tyre modelling Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2019.1681475 VL - 59 IS - 3 SP - 331 EP - 351 PB - Taylor&Francis ER - TY - GEN A1 - Oetjen, Arne A1 - Rieger, Anna A1 - Rabl, Hans-Peter A1 - van de Par, Steven T1 - The role of dissonance in the sound quality perception for electric vehicles T2 - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America N2 - Tonal components can be regarded as one of the most relevant components for interior sound quality of electric vehicles, especially at low speeds. Sources for these tones are for example the vehicles' drivetrains but also other technical components. Depending on the driving conditions, due to the interaction of various dominant sources, audible tone complexes can occur. Similar to musical intervals, the different frequency ratios within these complexes can result in consonant or dissonant sensations. The strength of this sensation does not only depend on the frequency relation of the tones but also on their relative levels. In this study, different musical intervals were subjectively rated in terms of their specific consonant or dissonant character. Using an adaptive procedure, sound pairs, each consisting of a two-tone signal, where adjusted to equal dissonance by varying the level of the second tone of one of the two-tone signals. Using the same paradigm, also pairs of equal vehicle sound quality were obtained. With these results, it is possible to quantify dissonance, and theinfluence of dissonance on sound quality expressed in terms of level differences of two-tone signals. These results can help to make the concept of dissonance more useful for sound-engineering applications. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5147356 VL - 148 IS - 4 PB - Acoustical Society of America ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sindersberger, Dirk A1 - Prem, Nina A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. T1 - Self-assembling structure formation in low-density magnetoactive polymers JF - Journal of Applied Polymer Science N2 - The formation of microstructures in magnetoactive polymers (MAPs) is a recently discovered phenomenon found only with very low filler particle concentrations (less than 3 wt %). Due to the degassing process, filler particles collect around an ascending bubble, which dissolves at a certain point leaving particulate rings within the matrix. The formation of toroidal microstructures commences as filler concentration approaches 1 wt %. The development of coherent parallel aligned rings with a compact order continues as particle concentrations increase toward 2 wt %. Between 2 and 3 wt % capillary doublets develop, while mass percentages higher than 3% result in increasing entropy as the random order of particle agglomeration found in higher concentration MAP dominates. Self-structured samples of different filler material and concentrations between 1 and 3 wt % have been investigated using X-ray tomography, where the emerging structures can be observed and visualized. The ring structures resulting from this research represent microinductivities which can be fabricated in a targeted manner, thus enabling new applications in the high-frequency radio field. Furthermore, these anisotropic, but well-organized, structures have magnetic field-dependent implications for optical, thermal, acoustic, and medical applications. KW - composites KW - ELASTOMERS KW - magnetism and magnetic properties KW - Particle KW - PERMEABILITY KW - self-assembly KW - sensors and actuators KW - VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES KW - X-ray Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/app.48291 VL - 137 IS - 3 PB - Wiley ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reindl, Andrea A1 - Meier, Hans A1 - Niemetz, Michael T1 - Software Framework for the Simulation of a Decentralized Battery Management System Consisting of Intelligent Battery Cells T2 - 2019 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), 15-17 Oct. 2019, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Malaysia N2 - Conventional battery management systems typically adopt hierarchical master-slave architectures. With regard to an uninterruptible power supply, the most significant disadvantage of central structures is the dependency of the errorfree function of the superior master board. The decentralized battery management system presented in this paper, consisting of consumers, generators and intelligent battery cells, is controlled without any central coordination authority. For this purpose, an intelligent control algorithm and a leader election algorithm are implemented on the microcontrollers of the battery cells. To test different control and election strategies, a software framework is presented for the complete simulation of the decentralized battery management system consisting of equal participants. KW - autonomous systems KW - Battery management system KW - decentralized control KW - distributed management KW - fault tolerant control KW - power system security KW - Renewable energy sources KW - uninterruptible power systems Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/SCORED.2019.8896284 SP - 75 EP - 80 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hopkins, Andrew A1 - Hopfensperger, Bernhard A1 - Mellor, Phil T1 - DC-link Capacitor Reduction in Low Voltage and High Power Integrated Modular Motor Drives T2 - 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 29 Sept.-3 Oct. 2019, Baltimore, MD, USA N2 - The development of 48V high power (>15 kW) automotive propulsion drives demands close integration of the power electronics and the electrical machine. Due to the large operating currents distributed multi-phase topologies are needed and physically separating the power converter from the e-machine would involve heavy cabling and costly connections. The volume and cost of the filter capacitor represents a major challenge in closely integrated high power integrated modular motor drives and techniques are needed to minimize this. The DC-link capacitor requires a large ripple current handling capability and cost, size and reliability limitations result in suitable candidate technologies being those with low volumetric energy densities. Use of interleaved multi three-phase machines are attractive due to the associated capacitor ripple current reduction. Discontinuous modulation schemes may also be employed as a technique for reducing the current ripple. In this paper techniques for capacitor ripple reduction are assessed through simulation and compared. KW - Capacitors KW - carrier phase shift KW - DC-link capacitor KW - dual 3-phase inverter KW - integrated modular motor drive KW - Interleaving KW - Inverters KW - Low voltage KW - Motor drives KW - Pulse width modulation KW - ripple current reduction KW - winding displacement KW - Windings Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2019.8913213 SP - 3208 EP - 3214 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Scharfenberg, Georg A1 - Elis, Ludek A1 - Hofmann, Gerhard T1 - New Design Methodology – Using VHDL-AMS Models to Consider Aging Effects in Automotive Mechatronic Circuits for Safety Relevant Functions T2 - 2019 International Conference on Applied Electronics (AE), 10-11 Sept. 2019, Pilsen, Czech Republic N2 - In this paper a design method for mechatronic functions in an early design phase under consideration of the requirements of functional safety is proposed [14]. The goal of the method is to discover threats for the safety goals and to prove or optimize the diagnostic mechanisms. At the current design process a lifetime endurance test is performed in a late project phase. In order to avoid unexpected late design changes the method should be applied in an early design phase. The method is an additional way to avoid design failures for E/E functions with special focus on aging in the field of functional safety applications. The method is developed out of three standards VDI 2221 methodology for development and construction of technical systems and products [1]), VDI 2206 design methodology for mechatronic systems [2] and the ISO 26262 road vehicles - Functional Safety [3] by using the V-Model. Furthermore, a core element of the design method is simulating aging effects by applying VHDL - AMS. To demonstrate the design methodology a sensor out of the EGAS function is chosen as a safety relevant automotive system. The limitation is the availability of aging data for electrical components. KW - Aging KW - Design methodology KW - Functional Safety KW - Integrated circuit modeling KW - Mechatronic design method KW - Mechatronics KW - Resistor aging KW - safety Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.23919/AE.2019.8867034 SP - 1 EP - 5 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Brkic, Jovan A1 - Ceran, Muaz A1 - Elmoghazy, Mohamed A1 - Kavlak, Ramazan A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Kral, Christian T1 - Open Source PhotoVoltaics Library for Systemic Investigations T2 - Proceedings of the 13th International Modelica Conference, March 4-6, 2019, Regensburg, Germany N2 - For the planning of photovoltaic power plants standard software tools are used. Most of these software tools use statistical solar data to determine the overall energy harvest of a photovoltaic plant over one year. The calculations rely on stationary location and ideal boundary conditions, e.g., constant ambient temperature. Even though, for example, shadowing may be considered by standard software, the investigation of untypical configurations and problems cannot be performed by such software, as most configurations cannot be changed by the user. The presented PhotoVoltaics library was developed with the intention to provide a flexible framework for standard and non-standard problems. Particularly, the PhotoVoltaics library can be coupled with other Modelica libraries to perform systemic investigations. An application library, PhotoVoltaics_TGM, is provided as add-on, where measured data of two photovoltaic pants of the TGM in Vienna can be compared with simulation results. This add-on library serves as validation of the PhotoVoltaics library. KW - CELL KW - converter KW - data sheet KW - irradiance KW - maximum power tracking KW - module KW - Photovoltaics KW - plant KW - terrestrial solar model Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp1915741 SP - 41 EP - 50 PB - Linköing University Electronic Press ER -