Modelling and Simulation of a Hydrostatic Steering System for Agricultural Tractors
The steering system of a vehicle impacts on the vehicle performance, safety and on the driver’s comfort. Moreover, in off-road vehicles using hydrostatic steering systems, the energy dissipation also becomes a critical issue. These aspects push and motivate innovation, research and analysis in the f...
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| author | Barbara Zardin Massimo Borghi Francesco Gherardini Nicholas Zanasi |
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| description | The steering system of a vehicle impacts on the vehicle performance, safety and on the driver’s comfort. Moreover, in off-road vehicles using hydrostatic steering systems, the energy dissipation also becomes a critical issue. These aspects push and motivate innovation, research and analysis in the field of agricultural tractors. This paper proposes the modelling and analysis of a hydrostatic steering system for an agricultural tractor to calculate the performance of the system and determine the influence of its main design parameters. The focus here is on the driver’s steering feel, which can improve the driver’s behavior reducing unnecessary steering corrections during the working conditions. The hydrostatic steering system is quite complex and involves a hydraulic circuit and a mechanical mechanism to transmit the steering to the vehicle tires. The detailed lumped parameters model here proposed allows to simulate the dynamic behavior of the steering system and to both enhance the understanding of the system and to improve the design through parameters sensitivity analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0105cb1095c24f5b957e6689453879d62022-12-22T04:01:43ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732018-01-0111123010.3390/en11010230en11010230Modelling and Simulation of a Hydrostatic Steering System for Agricultural TractorsBarbara Zardin0Massimo Borghi1Francesco Gherardini2Nicholas Zanasi3Engineering Department Enzo Ferrari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via P. Allegri 10, 41124 Modena, ItalyEngineering Department Enzo Ferrari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via P. Allegri 10, 41124 Modena, ItalyEngineering Department Enzo Ferrari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via P. Allegri 10, 41124 Modena, ItalyCNH Industrial, San Matteo, Viale delle Nazioni 55, 41100 Modena, ItalyThe steering system of a vehicle impacts on the vehicle performance, safety and on the driver’s comfort. Moreover, in off-road vehicles using hydrostatic steering systems, the energy dissipation also becomes a critical issue. These aspects push and motivate innovation, research and analysis in the field of agricultural tractors. This paper proposes the modelling and analysis of a hydrostatic steering system for an agricultural tractor to calculate the performance of the system and determine the influence of its main design parameters. The focus here is on the driver’s steering feel, which can improve the driver’s behavior reducing unnecessary steering corrections during the working conditions. The hydrostatic steering system is quite complex and involves a hydraulic circuit and a mechanical mechanism to transmit the steering to the vehicle tires. The detailed lumped parameters model here proposed allows to simulate the dynamic behavior of the steering system and to both enhance the understanding of the system and to improve the design through parameters sensitivity analysis.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/1/230hydrostatic steering systemsimulationsensitivity analysisrotary valve analysisagricultural tractors |
| spellingShingle | Barbara Zardin Massimo Borghi Francesco Gherardini Nicholas Zanasi Modelling and Simulation of a Hydrostatic Steering System for Agricultural Tractors Energies hydrostatic steering system simulation sensitivity analysis rotary valve analysis agricultural tractors |
| title | Modelling and Simulation of a Hydrostatic Steering System for Agricultural Tractors |
| title_full | Modelling and Simulation of a Hydrostatic Steering System for Agricultural Tractors |
| title_fullStr | Modelling and Simulation of a Hydrostatic Steering System for Agricultural Tractors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling and Simulation of a Hydrostatic Steering System for Agricultural Tractors |
| title_short | Modelling and Simulation of a Hydrostatic Steering System for Agricultural Tractors |
| title_sort | modelling and simulation of a hydrostatic steering system for agricultural tractors |
| topic | hydrostatic steering system simulation sensitivity analysis rotary valve analysis agricultural tractors |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/1/230 |
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