{"title":"Effect of Shock Absorber Friction on Vehicle Vertical\u0000 Dynamics","authors":"C. Deubel, Scott Jarod Schneider, Günther Prokop","doi":"10.4271/10-08-02-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4271/10-08-02-0010","url":null,"abstract":"In order to efficiently predict and investigate a vehicle’s vertical dynamics, it\u0000 is necessary to consider the suspension component properties holistically.\u0000 Although the effects of suspension stiffness and damping characteristics on\u0000 vertical dynamics are widely understood, the impact of suspension friction in\u0000 various driving scenarios has rarely been studied in both simulation and road\u0000 tests for several decades.\u0000\u0000 \u0000The present study addresses this issue by performing driving tests using a\u0000 special device that allows a modification of the shock absorber or damper\u0000 friction, and thus the suspension friction to be modified independently of other\u0000 suspension parameters. Initially, its correct functioning is verified on a shock\u0000 absorber test rig. A calibration and application routine is established in order\u0000 to assign definite additional friction forces at high reproducibility\u0000 levels.\u0000\u0000 \u0000The device is equipped in a medium-class passenger vehicle, which is driven on\u0000 various irregular road sections as well as over single obstacles. For all tested\u0000 road sections, a linear decrease of ride comfort in terms of specific relevant\u0000 vertical objective values is found by increasing the friction force. This\u0000 emphasizes a definite link between suspension friction and vertical vehicle body\u0000 vibration, resulting in a negative impact on vertical ride comfort. However, the\u0000 longitudinal vehicle body vibration is not significantly affected.\u0000\u0000 \u0000The relevance of friction in terms of transmitting the energy associated with\u0000 road unevenness to the chassis in the frequency range of the chassis’ natural\u0000 frequency is found to be remarkably high on smooth roads, and still considerably\u0000 high on bumpy roads. The chassis and wheel resonance frequencies are\u0000 significantly friction-dependent due to the damper’s slip or stick states. The\u0000 results obtained from smooth road tests demonstrate the practical relevance of\u0000 accurately considering friction for the given suspension type in terms of\u0000 vertical ride comfort prediction.","PeriodicalId":514913,"journal":{"name":"SAE International Journal of Vehicle Dynamics, Stability, and NVH","volume":"1996 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140719105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}