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Effect of driving conditions and suspension parameters on dynamic load-sharing of longitudinal-connected air suspensions

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The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of driving conditions and suspension parameters on dynamic load-sharing of longitudinal-connected air suspensions of a tri-axle semi-trailer. A novel nonlinear model of a multi-axle semi-trailer with longitudinal-connected air suspension was formulated based on fluid mechanics and thermodynamics and was validated through test results. The effects of driving conditions and suspension parameters on dynamic load-sharing and road-friendliness of the semi-trailer were analyzed. Simulation results indicate that the road-friendliness metric-DLC (dynamic load coefficient) is not always in accordance with the load-sharing metric-DLSC (dynamic load-sharing coefficient). The effect of employing larger air lines and connectors on the DLSC optimization ratio gives varying results as road roughness increases and as driving speed increases. When the vehicle load reduces, or the static pressure increases, the DLSC optimization ratio declines monotonically. The results also indicate that if the air line diameter is always assumed to be larger than the connector diameter, the influence of air line diameter on load-sharing is more significant than that of the connector.

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  1. School of Transportation Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China

    YiKai Chen & WeiHua Zhang

  2. Traffic Management Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security, Wuxi, 214151, China

    YiKai Chen

  3. School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Jie He

  4. Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia

    Mark King

  5. School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China

    WuWei Chen

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Chen, Y., He, J., King, M. et al. Effect of driving conditions and suspension parameters on dynamic load-sharing of longitudinal-connected air suspensions. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 56, 666–676 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-012-5091-3

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