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Hydraulic retarder has been widely applied on military vehicles and heavy commercial vehicles because of it could provide great brake torque and has lasting working time [1]. In order to reduce driver's frequent actions in braking process and prevent hydraulic retarder system from overheating, it is need to apply constant braking torque control, this control target has a strict requirement to hydraulic control system design. Many parameters often require repeated test to determine, which increases the R&D cost and extends the research cycle. This paper tries to find a time-efficient research method of hydraulic retarder control system through studying on a heavy military vehicle hydraulic retarder system. Hydraulic retarder model is set up through test data. The hydraulic control system is built based on AMESim. Controller model is set up based on PID control. The whole vehicle brake model is built based on MATLAB/Simulink.

Hydraulic retarder braking torque is needed to be controlled. Retarder braking torque refers to oil volume in retarder chamber, thus the key of braking torque control is oil charging & discharging control. The hydraulic oil charging & discharging system should have fast accurate response and provide enough flow rate. To achieve the requirement, the system is often complicated, many parameters need repeated test to determine, which increases the R&D cost and extends the research cycle. This paper tries to find a time-efficient research method on hydraulic retarder oil charging & discharging control system. The complete system is divided into some parts and every part is analyzed respectively based on mechanical theory and hydraulic theory. To build the precise model of all parts, the AMESim software is used.