Evaluation of Comfort Level and Harvested Energy in the Vehicle Using Controlled Damping

Shock absorbers allow the damping of suspension vibrations, by dissipating kinetic energy. This energy theoretically can be harvested; however, practical solutions are not easily obtainable. This paper is dedicated to analyzing and evaluating the vibration energy in a vehicle’s suspension that is ge...

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Main Authors: Vytautas Bucinskas, Peter Mitrouchev, Ernestas Sutinys, Nikolaj Sesok, Igor Iljin, Inga Morkvenaite-Vilkonciene
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1742
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author Vytautas Bucinskas
Peter Mitrouchev
Ernestas Sutinys
Nikolaj Sesok
Igor Iljin
Inga Morkvenaite-Vilkonciene
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Nikolaj Sesok
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description Shock absorbers allow the damping of suspension vibrations, by dissipating kinetic energy. This energy theoretically can be harvested; however, practical solutions are not easily obtainable. This paper is dedicated to analyzing and evaluating the vibration energy in a vehicle’s suspension that is generated by road excitations. Also, it estimates the possible amount of harvested energy required to diminish accelerations of the vehicle body, the driver, or the passenger center of mass. The control of damper is realized by optimizing the best damping coefficient for different road roughness. Analytical results, obtained from the proposed dynamic model of the car, were compared with experimental data, showing a good coherence between them. These results allow us to evaluate the amount of energy circulating within shock absorbers and give information about the amount of the possible harvested energy. There is a very good relationship between energy needed for control and gained energy.
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spelling doaj.art-49a4ab16e06848c79ca37190916cbdd52022-12-22T01:56:54ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732017-10-011011174210.3390/en10111742en10111742Evaluation of Comfort Level and Harvested Energy in the Vehicle Using Controlled DampingVytautas Bucinskas0Peter Mitrouchev1Ernestas Sutinys2Nikolaj Sesok3Igor Iljin4Inga Morkvenaite-Vilkonciene5Department of Mechatronics and Robotics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanavičiaus g. 28, 03224 Vilnius, LithuaniaG-SCOP, Grenoble INP, University Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, FranceDepartment of Mechatronics and Robotics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanavičiaus g. 28, 03224 Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Mechatronics and Robotics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanavičiaus g. 28, 03224 Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Mechatronics and Robotics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanavičiaus g. 28, 03224 Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Mechatronics and Robotics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanavičiaus g. 28, 03224 Vilnius, LithuaniaShock absorbers allow the damping of suspension vibrations, by dissipating kinetic energy. This energy theoretically can be harvested; however, practical solutions are not easily obtainable. This paper is dedicated to analyzing and evaluating the vibration energy in a vehicle’s suspension that is generated by road excitations. Also, it estimates the possible amount of harvested energy required to diminish accelerations of the vehicle body, the driver, or the passenger center of mass. The control of damper is realized by optimizing the best damping coefficient for different road roughness. Analytical results, obtained from the proposed dynamic model of the car, were compared with experimental data, showing a good coherence between them. These results allow us to evaluate the amount of energy circulating within shock absorbers and give information about the amount of the possible harvested energy. There is a very good relationship between energy needed for control and gained energy.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1742shock absorbercontrollable damperenergy harvester
spellingShingle Vytautas Bucinskas
Peter Mitrouchev
Ernestas Sutinys
Nikolaj Sesok
Igor Iljin
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Evaluation of Comfort Level and Harvested Energy in the Vehicle Using Controlled Damping
Energies
shock absorber
controllable damper
energy harvester
title Evaluation of Comfort Level and Harvested Energy in the Vehicle Using Controlled Damping
title_full Evaluation of Comfort Level and Harvested Energy in the Vehicle Using Controlled Damping
title_fullStr Evaluation of Comfort Level and Harvested Energy in the Vehicle Using Controlled Damping
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Comfort Level and Harvested Energy in the Vehicle Using Controlled Damping
title_short Evaluation of Comfort Level and Harvested Energy in the Vehicle Using Controlled Damping
title_sort evaluation of comfort level and harvested energy in the vehicle using controlled damping
topic shock absorber
controllable damper
energy harvester
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1742
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