Analytical Model of Tire Cavity Resonance and Coupled Tire/Cavity Modal Model

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Gunda ◽  
S. Gau ◽  
C. Dohrmann

Abstract The acoustic resonance of the air cavity in the tire/wheel assembly may be a contributor to vehicle interior noise through the structure-borne noise transmission path. This problem has been examined in the past using approximate closed form solutions (based on plane wave theory for a two-tube model) and numerically, using FEA. The coupling between the cavity resonance and structural resonance of the wheel may result in higher levels of interior noise as noted previously. The two primary goals of this paper are (1) to develop simple analytical models to gain fundamental understanding of some observed phenomena and for a quick estimation of cavity resonance frequency to assist in the design process, and (2) to develop tire modal models incorporating the acoustic cavity to predict coupled system natural frequencies and response. An improved analytical model for accurate calculation of acoustic cavity resonance frequencies of a static, unloaded tire is developed using variational principles. The sensitivities of the cavity resonance frequencies to tire width and aspect ratio are examined. For the case of a loaded tire, an improved analytical formulation based on plane wave propagation (for linearly varying cross-sectional area) is developed. Deformed structure geometry from FEA is used as input to the analytical model. The FEA-based methodology used in the tire/cavity coupling analysis is as follows: The tire structural modes are calculated, ignoring the effect of the acoustic cavity. The tire cavity modes are calculated using deformed cavity geometry only. Next, the structural/acoustic coupling matrix is calculated. Finally, a coupled cavity-structure modal model is generated from modal mass and stiffness of the tire/wheel assembly, the cavity modal matrices, and the coupling matrix. This process is an improvement over conventional tire modal models, which only include structural modes.

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Thompson

Abstract Vehicle interior noise is the result of numerous sources of excitation. One source involving tire pavement interaction is the tire air cavity resonance and the forcing it provides to the vehicle spindle: This paper applies fundamental principles combined with experimental verification to describe the tire cavity resonance. A closed form solution is developed to predict the resonance frequencies from geometric data. Tire test results are used to examine the accuracy of predictions of undeflected and deflected tire resonances. Errors in predicted and actual frequencies are shown to be less than 2%. The nature of the forcing this resonance as it applies to the vehicle spindle is also examined.


Author(s):  
Joana da Rocha ◽  
Afzal Suleman ◽  
Fernando Lau

Flow-induced noise in aircraft cabins can be predicted through analytical models or numerical methods. However, the analytical methods existent nowadays were obtained for simple structures and cabins, in which, usually, a single panel is excited by the turbulent flow, and coupled with an acoustic enclosure. This paper discusses the development of analytical models for the prediction of aircraft cabin noise induced by the external turbulent boundary layer (TBL). The coupled structural-acoustic analytical model is developed using the contribution of both structural and acoustic natural modes. While, in previous works, only the contribution of an individual panel to the cabin interior noise was considered, here, the simultaneous contribution of multiple flow-excited panels is also analyzed. The analytical models were developed for rectangular and cylindrical cabins. The mathematical models were successfully validated through the good agreement with several independent experimental studies. Analytical predictions are presented for the interior sound pressure level (SPL) at different locations inside the cabins. It is shown that identical panels located at different positions have dissimilar contributions to the cabin interior noise, showing that the position of the vibrating panel is an important variable for the accurate prediction of cabin interior noise. Additionally, the results show that the number of vibrating panels significantly affects the interior noise levels. It is shown that the average SPL, over the cabin volume, increases with the number of vibrating panels. The space-averaged SPL is usually accepted to provide the necessary information for the noise prediction. However, in some real life applications, the local sound pressure may be desirable. To overcome this point, the model is also able to predict local SPL values, at specific locations in the cabin, which are also affected by number of vibrating panels, and often differ from the average SPL values. The developed analytical model can be used to study a wide range of different systems involving a cabin coupled with vibrating panels, excited by the TBL. The properties of the external flow, acoustic cabin, and panels, as well as the number of vibrating panels, can be easily changed to represent different systems. These abilities of the model make it a solid basis for future investigations involving the implementation of noise reduction techniques and multidisciplinary design optimization analyzes.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107754632110482
Author(s):  
Xiaojun Hu ◽  
Xiandong Liu ◽  
Yingchun Shan ◽  
Tian He

The tire acoustic cavity resonance noise (TACRN) is known to contribute to audible noise in the passenger compartment of a vehicle. In order to reduce TACRN effectively, its mechanism needs to be grasped better. In this paper, the calculation formulas of tire acoustic cavity resonance frequency for four different conditions such as static unloaded tire, static loaded tire, rotating unloaded tire, and rotating loaded tire are analyzed and verified by the simulation and experiment. In particular, the resonance frequency formulas of static loaded tire introducing inflation pressure and rotating loaded tire are proposed and verified, respectively, in this paper. And the influence of tire inflation pressure, load, and running velocity on splitting frequency are studied. Some new findings are described and discussed; for example, the first-order resonance frequency may split into four resonance frequencies in most cases, and may split into three resonance frequencies in certain cases when a loaded tire is rotating. And the existing conditions for three and four resonance frequencies are also discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 3979
Author(s):  
Wei Zhao ◽  
Yuting Liu ◽  
Xiandong Liu ◽  
Yingchun Shan ◽  
Xiaojun Hu

As a kind of low-frequency vehicle interior noise, tire acoustic cavity resonance noise plays an important role, since the other noise (e.g., engine noise, wind noise and friction noise) has been largely suppressed. For the suspension system, wheels stand first in the propagation path of this energy. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the influence of wheel design on the transmission characteristics of this vibration energy. However, currently the related research has not received enough attention. In this paper, two sizes of aluminum alloy wheel finite element models are constructed, and their modal characteristics are analyzed and verified by experimental tests simultaneously. A mathematically fitting sound pressure load model arising from the tire acoustic cavity resonance acting on the rim is first put forward. Then, the power flow method is applied to investigate the resonance energy distribution and transmission characteristics in the wheels. The structure intensity distribution and energy transmission efficiency can be described and analyzed clearly. Furthermore, the effects of material structure damping and the wheel spoke number on the energy transmission are also discussed.


Aerospace ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Yeon-Kyu Park ◽  
Geuk-Nam Kim ◽  
Sang-Young Park

The CANYVAL-C (CubeSat Astronomy by NASA and Yonsei using a virtual telescope alignment for coronagraph) is a space science demonstration mission that involves taking several images of the solar corona with two CubeSats—1U CubeSat (Timon) and 2U CubeSat (Pumbaa)—in formation flying. In this study, we developed and evaluated structural and thermal designs of the CubeSats Timon and Pumbaa through finite element analyses, considering the nonlinearity effects of the nylon wire of the deployable solar panels installed in Pumbaa. On-orbit thermal analyses were performed with an accurate analytical model for a visible camera on Timon and a micro propulsion system on Pumbaa, which has a narrow operating temperature range. Finally, the analytical models were correlated for enhancing the reliability of the numerical analysis. The test results indicated that the CubeSats are structurally safe with respect to the launch environment and can activate each component under the space thermal environment. The natural frequency of the nylon wire for the deployable solar panels was found to increase significantly as the wire was tightened strongly. The conditions of the thermal vacuum and cycling testing were implemented in the thermal analytical model, which reduced the differences between the analysis and testing.


Author(s):  
C-M Chen ◽  
R-F Fung

The dynamic equations of a micro-positioning Scott—Russell (SR) mechanism associated with two flexible hinges and an offset are developed to calculate output responses. Both rigid and flexible hinges are considered to explore the results. The main features in the kinematics of the SR mechanism are its displacement amplification and straight-line motion, which are widely needed in practical industries. The manufacturing inaccuracy of the SR mechanism definitely causes geometric offsets of flexure hinges, and affects displacement amplification and straight-line output motion. Analytical models based on kinematics and Hamilton's principle are derived to explore the variation of linearity ratio, magnification factor, and deviation factor due to various offsets and link lengths. From numerical simulations for the SR mechanism with various offsets of flexible hinges in the conditions of different link lengths, it is found that offsets of flexure hinges obviously affect the amplifying factor and linearity ratio, and appear to dominate the changes of magnification factors. Moreover, an analytical model is also used to predict magnification factors due to various offsets. Finally, some conclusions concerning the effects of offset on the performance of the SR mechanism are drawn.


Author(s):  
Chao Liu ◽  
Yan He ◽  
Yufeng Li ◽  
Yulin Wang ◽  
Shilong Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract The residual stresses could affect the ability of components to bear loading conditions and also the performance. The researchers considered workpiece surface as a plane and ignored the effect of surface topography induced by the intermittent cutting process when modeling residual stresses. The aim of this research develops an analytical model to predict workpiece residual stresses during intermittent machining by correlating the effect of surface topography. The relative motions of tool and workpiece are analyzed for modeling thermal-mechanical and surface topography. The influence of dynamic cutting force and thermal on different positions of surface topography is also considered in analytical model. Then the residual stresses model with the surface topography effect can be developed in intermittent cutting. The analytical models of dynamic cutting force, surface topography and residual stresses are verified by the experiments. The variation trend of evaluated values of the residual stress of workpiece is basically consistent with that of measured values. The compressive residual stress of workpiece surface in highest point of the surface topography are higher than that in the lowest point.


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