Search Results

This paper proposes a design of a new shock absorber with combined mechanical- electromagnetic- hydraulic structure, and expounds its working principles. This new type of absorber can recycle the vibration energy and transform it into electrical energy for use. However, in its working process, the damping force in extension stroke is always smaller than that in compression stroke, which is determined by the inner structure, while in traditional absorbers, it is just the opposite. This does not meet the practical demands. Directing at this problem, the paper puts out a way to make real-time adjustment to the damping force by controlling the generator load, and tests the feasibility with a simulation model built with AMESim. The test result reveals that the method is feasible. This contributes a lot to the future further research on active control.

Energy has the worldwide concern since the World War. Recently, the energy harvesting technology has got more attraction in different fields and applications. Hence, in a world where energy becomes rare and expensive, even the small quantities are worth to be harvested where it can be exploited in different applications. Vehicle suspension is one of the vibration power dissipation sources in which the undesired vibration is dissipated into heat waste. Accordingly, the principal motivation of this study is exploitation the conflict between the potentially harvested power and vehicle dynamics in automotive suspension system induced by road irregularity. Therefore, in terms of RMS conflict diagrams, the conflict between the potential power and vehicle dynamics are sufficiently and comprehensively defined considering a vehicle speed of 20 m/s.