Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Novel Hydraulic Energy-Regenerative Shock Absorber for Vehicle Suspension

To reduce energy consumption or improve energy efficiency, the regenerative devices recently have drawn the public’s eyes. In this paper, a novel hydraulic energy-regenerative shock absorber (HERSA) is developed for vehicle suspension to regenerate the vibration energy which is dissipated by convent...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Junyi Zou, Xuexun Guo, Lin Xu, Gangfeng Tan, Chengcai Zhang, Jie Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3186584
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832563100843245568
author Junyi Zou
Xuexun Guo
Lin Xu
Gangfeng Tan
Chengcai Zhang
Jie Zhang
author_facet Junyi Zou
Xuexun Guo
Lin Xu
Gangfeng Tan
Chengcai Zhang
Jie Zhang
author_sort Junyi Zou
collection DOAJ
description To reduce energy consumption or improve energy efficiency, the regenerative devices recently have drawn the public’s eyes. In this paper, a novel hydraulic energy-regenerative shock absorber (HERSA) is developed for vehicle suspension to regenerate the vibration energy which is dissipated by conventional viscous dampers into heat waste. At first, the schematic of HERSA is presented and a mathematic model is developed to describe the characteristic of HERSA. Then the parametric sensitivity analysis of the vibration energy is expounded, and the ranking of their influences is k1≫m2>m1>k2≈cs. Besides, a parametric study of HERSA is adopted to research the influences of the key parameters on the characteristic of HERSA. Moreover, an optimization of HERSA is carried out to regenerate more power as far as possible without devitalizing the damping characteristic. To make the optimization results more close to the actual condition, the displacement data of the shock absorber in the road test is selected as the excitation in the optimization. The results show that the RMS of regenerated energy is up to 107.94 W under the actual excitation. Moreover it indicates that the HERSA can improve its performance through the damping control.
format Article
id doaj-art-8756a2e034ea4bdaa9e5cbe40d703c41
institution Kabale University
issn 1070-9622
1875-9203
language English
publishDate 2017-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series Shock and Vibration
spelling doaj-art-8756a2e034ea4bdaa9e5cbe40d703c412025-02-03T01:20:59ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032017-01-01201710.1155/2017/31865843186584Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Novel Hydraulic Energy-Regenerative Shock Absorber for Vehicle SuspensionJunyi Zou0Xuexun Guo1Lin Xu2Gangfeng Tan3Chengcai Zhang4Jie Zhang5School of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, ChinaTechnology Center, Wanxiang Group Corporation, Hangzhou 311215, ChinaTo reduce energy consumption or improve energy efficiency, the regenerative devices recently have drawn the public’s eyes. In this paper, a novel hydraulic energy-regenerative shock absorber (HERSA) is developed for vehicle suspension to regenerate the vibration energy which is dissipated by conventional viscous dampers into heat waste. At first, the schematic of HERSA is presented and a mathematic model is developed to describe the characteristic of HERSA. Then the parametric sensitivity analysis of the vibration energy is expounded, and the ranking of their influences is k1≫m2>m1>k2≈cs. Besides, a parametric study of HERSA is adopted to research the influences of the key parameters on the characteristic of HERSA. Moreover, an optimization of HERSA is carried out to regenerate more power as far as possible without devitalizing the damping characteristic. To make the optimization results more close to the actual condition, the displacement data of the shock absorber in the road test is selected as the excitation in the optimization. The results show that the RMS of regenerated energy is up to 107.94 W under the actual excitation. Moreover it indicates that the HERSA can improve its performance through the damping control.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3186584
spellingShingle Junyi Zou
Xuexun Guo
Lin Xu
Gangfeng Tan
Chengcai Zhang
Jie Zhang
Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Novel Hydraulic Energy-Regenerative Shock Absorber for Vehicle Suspension
Shock and Vibration
title Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Novel Hydraulic Energy-Regenerative Shock Absorber for Vehicle Suspension
title_full Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Novel Hydraulic Energy-Regenerative Shock Absorber for Vehicle Suspension
title_fullStr Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Novel Hydraulic Energy-Regenerative Shock Absorber for Vehicle Suspension
title_full_unstemmed Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Novel Hydraulic Energy-Regenerative Shock Absorber for Vehicle Suspension
title_short Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Novel Hydraulic Energy-Regenerative Shock Absorber for Vehicle Suspension
title_sort design modeling and analysis of a novel hydraulic energy regenerative shock absorber for vehicle suspension
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3186584
work_keys_str_mv AT junyizou designmodelingandanalysisofanovelhydraulicenergyregenerativeshockabsorberforvehiclesuspension
AT xuexunguo designmodelingandanalysisofanovelhydraulicenergyregenerativeshockabsorberforvehiclesuspension
AT linxu designmodelingandanalysisofanovelhydraulicenergyregenerativeshockabsorberforvehiclesuspension
AT gangfengtan designmodelingandanalysisofanovelhydraulicenergyregenerativeshockabsorberforvehiclesuspension
AT chengcaizhang designmodelingandanalysisofanovelhydraulicenergyregenerativeshockabsorberforvehiclesuspension
AT jiezhang designmodelingandanalysisofanovelhydraulicenergyregenerativeshockabsorberforvehiclesuspension