Dynamic analysis of tramcar suspension system

Suspension system plays an important role in the performance of a vehicle, especially the vehicle handling and ride comfort. The objective of this project is to analyse the passenger ride comfort of a tramcar manufactured by UTM. Numerical analysis was performed on the tramcar suspension system, whe...

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Main Author:	Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9631/1/MuhammadSaifuddinMFKM2006.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.96312018-09-17T03:35:43Z Dynamic analysis of tramcar suspension system 2006-05 Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Suspension system plays an important role in the performance of a vehicle, especially the vehicle handling and ride comfort. The objective of this project is to analyse the passenger ride comfort of a tramcar manufactured by UTM. Numerical analysis was performed on the tramcar suspension system, where the system was modelled and simulated. A full car model was successfully developed, and validated using available experimental data from the work published by other researcher. MATLAB Simulink software was used to simulate the system and obtain the system response. The comfort level was evaluated based on the displacement and acceleration response, considering the bouncing, pitching and rolling factors. The simulation results for tramcar suspension system were then evaluated by comparing them with simulation results for Proton Waja 1.6 and available standards. Based on the evaluation, the conclusion on the tramcar ride comfort was made. It was concluded that the tramcar ride comfort is comparable to the ride comfort of a Proton Waja, and is at an acceptable level. The role of suspension spring stiffness in relation to ride quality was also analysed. From the suspension parameter analysis, it was concluded that the ride comfort of the tramcar can be improved to an optimum level by having the lowest practical spring stiffness value. The tramcar suspension spring stiffness was said to be already in the region of the lowest practical value in the sense of avoiding a very low natural frequency assimilated to motion sickness. Some suggestions have been made at the end of the report for possible improvement or extension to this study. 2006-05 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9631/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9631/1/MuhammadSaifuddinMFKM2006.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:883?site_name=Restricted Repository masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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description	Suspension system plays an important role in the performance of a vehicle, especially the vehicle handling and ride comfort. The objective of this project is to analyse the passenger ride comfort of a tramcar manufactured by UTM. Numerical analysis was performed on the tramcar suspension system, where the system was modelled and simulated. A full car model was successfully developed, and validated using available experimental data from the work published by other researcher. MATLAB Simulink software was used to simulate the system and obtain the system response. The comfort level was evaluated based on the displacement and acceleration response, considering the bouncing, pitching and rolling factors. The simulation results for tramcar suspension system were then evaluated by comparing them with simulation results for Proton Waja 1.6 and available standards. Based on the evaluation, the conclusion on the tramcar ride comfort was made. It was concluded that the tramcar ride comfort is comparable to the ride comfort of a Proton Waja, and is at an acceptable level. The role of suspension spring stiffness in relation to ride quality was also analysed. From the suspension parameter analysis, it was concluded that the ride comfort of the tramcar can be improved to an optimum level by having the lowest practical spring stiffness value. The tramcar suspension spring stiffness was said to be already in the region of the lowest practical value in the sense of avoiding a very low natural frequency assimilated to motion sickness. Some suggestions have been made at the end of the report for possible improvement or extension to this study.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin
author_facet	Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin
author_sort	Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin
title	Dynamic analysis of tramcar suspension system
title_short	Dynamic analysis of tramcar suspension system
title_full	Dynamic analysis of tramcar suspension system
title_fullStr	Dynamic analysis of tramcar suspension system
title_full_unstemmed	Dynamic analysis of tramcar suspension system
title_sort	dynamic analysis of tramcar suspension system
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2006
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9631/1/MuhammadSaifuddinMFKM2006.pdf
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Dynamic analysis of tramcar suspension system

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