A research on the nonlinear shimmy of automotive steering wheels based on incremental harmonic balance method

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Abstract

By applying incremental harmonic balance method with vibration amplitude as control parameter, the expression of equation solutions is obtained and the phenomena of bifurcation and limit cycle vibration are analyzed and verified numerically by Runge-Kutta method. The results indicate that the incremental harmonic balance method is effective and reliable with adequate accuracy in analyzing steering wheels shimmy of vehicle. Then, the stability of periodic solution is analyzed using Floquet theory, and the stability of limit cycle is determined. Finally, the influences of system parameters on steering wheel shimmy are analyzed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)142-147
Number of pages6
JournalQiche Gongcheng/Automotive Engineering
Volume33
Issue number2
StatePublished - Feb 2011

Keywords

  • Bifurcation
  • Incremental harmonic balance method
  • Limit cycle
  • Shimmy
  • Vehicle steering wheels

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