Effect of the Magnetorheological Damper Dynamic Behaviour on the Rail Vehicle Comfort: Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation

Jeniš, Filip; Kubík, Michal; Michálek, Tomáš; Strecker, Zbyněk; Žáček, Jiří; Mazůrek, Ivan

doi:10.3390/act12020047

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Effect of the Magnetorheological Damper Dynamic Behaviour on the Rail Vehicle Comfort: Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation

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Filip Jeniš

^1,*

,

Michal Kubík

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Tomáš Michálek

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Zbyněk Strecker

¹,

Jiří Žáček

¹

and

Ivan Mazůrek

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Institute of Machine and Industrial Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic

²

Department of Transport Means and Diagnostics, Faculty of Transport Engineering, University of Pardubice, Studentska 95, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic

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Actuators 2023, 12(2), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/act12020047

Submission received: 19 December 2022 / Revised: 12 January 2023 / Accepted: 17 January 2023 / Published: 19 January 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 10th Anniversary of Actuators)

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Many publications show that the ride comfort of a railway vehicle can be significantly improved using a semi-active damping control of the lateral secondary dampers. However, the control efficiency depends on the selection of the control algorithm and the damper dynamic behaviour, i.e., its force rise response time, force drop response time and force dynamic range. This paper examines the influence of these parameters of a magnetorheological (MR) damper on the efficiency of S/A control for several control algorithms. One new algorithm has been designed. Hardware-in-the-loop simulation with a real magnetorheological damper has been used to get close to reality. A key finding of this paper is that the highest efficiency of algorithms is not achieved with a minimal damper response time. Furthermore, the force drop response time has been more important than the force rise response time. The Acceleration Driven Damper Linear (ADD-L) algorithm achieves the highest efficiency. A reduction in vibration of 34% was achieved.

Keywords: hardware-in-the-loop; Acceleration Driven Damper; response time; dynamic range; semi-active; magnetorheological; damper; railway vehicle; lateral vibration

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Jeniš, F.; Kubík, M.; Michálek, T.; Strecker, Z.; Žáček, J.; Mazůrek, I. Effect of the Magnetorheological Damper Dynamic Behaviour on the Rail Vehicle Comfort: Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation. Actuators 2023, 12, 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/act12020047

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Jeniš F, Kubík M, Michálek T, Strecker Z, Žáček J, Mazůrek I. Effect of the Magnetorheological Damper Dynamic Behaviour on the Rail Vehicle Comfort: Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation. Actuators. 2023; 12(2):47. https://doi.org/10.3390/act12020047

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Jeniš, Filip, Michal Kubík, Tomáš Michálek, Zbyněk Strecker, Jiří Žáček, and Ivan Mazůrek. 2023. "Effect of the Magnetorheological Damper Dynamic Behaviour on the Rail Vehicle Comfort: Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation" Actuators 12, no. 2: 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/act12020047

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Jeniš, F., Kubík, M., Michálek, T., Strecker, Z., Žáček, J., & Mazůrek, I. (2023). Effect of the Magnetorheological Damper Dynamic Behaviour on the Rail Vehicle Comfort: Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation. Actuators, 12(2), 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/act12020047

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