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posted on 2021-12-07, 13:09 authored by Ilias Minas, Nick MorrisNick Morris, Stephanos TheodossiadesStephanos Theodossiades, Martin O'Mahony, Jeronimas VoverisThe automotive industry faces a continuous challenge to design vehicles that meet
increasingly stringent regulations, societal expectations and demands concerning
tail pipe emissions, passenger safety and perceived quality. Frequently, any
advancement towards meeting a single prescribed design objective may (without a
fundamental understanding of the system-level behaviour) worsen the performance
of the vehicle in another respect. For example, the reduction of vehicle weight, in
order to improve fuel/energy efficiency, while simultaneously meeting the
anticipated Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) behaviour by the discerning
customer presents such a potential conflict. The aim of the current work is to
formulate a numerical dry clutch system dynamics model that enables physical
understanding of transient clutch oscillatory behaviour during the engagement
process, enabling design optimisation and NVH improvement.
Funding
DTP 2016-2017 Loughborough University
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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