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Experimental methods for measuring static and dynamic characteristics of an engine Frond End Accessory Drive System (FEADS) are presented. The static performance of a FEADS is the static tension of the belt, and the dynamic properties of a FEADS are transverse vibration of belt, and rotational vibration performances that include rotational response of pulleys and tensioner arm, dynamic tension of belt span, slip factor between belt and pulley. A mathematical model and calculation method for rotational vibration analysis of a 8 pulley-belt FEADS is established. In the model, creeping effect of a belt on pulley wrap arc, viscous damping and dry friction of a tensioner are considered. In calculation of dynamic performances of the FEADS, the excitation torques with multi-frequency components from crankshaft torsional vibration are obtained from the measurement.

The driving pulley is often used as a Torsional Vibration Damper (TVD) for the crankshaft in the front end accessory drive (FEAD) system. Although the crankshaft torsional vibrations are dampened, they are transmitted to the belt transmission and therefore to the driven accessories. The isolation pulley is a new device to reduce the belt tension fluctuation by isolating the belt transmission from the crankshaft torsional vibrations. A five-pulley system with isolation pulley is presented and a non-linear model is established to predict the dynamic response of the pulleys, tensioner motion, tension fluctuation and slippage. The model works in the time domain with Runge-Kutta time-stepping algorithm. The numerical simulation results of harmonic excitations show that the amplitudes of the belt tension fluctuation and the vibrations of each component are reduced significantly. Moreover, the effect of isolation pulley parameters on the system natural frequencies is demonstrated.