Title: Effects of parameters on dynamic responses for a heavy vehicle-pavement-foundation coupled system

Authors: Shaohua Li; Shaopu Yang; Liqun Chen; Yongjie Lu

Addresses: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, China ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, China ' Department of Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, China

Abstract: A three-dimensional heavy vehicle-pavement-foundation coupled system is modelled as a seven DOF vehicle moving along a simply supported double-layer rectangular thin plate on a linear viscoelastic foundation. Using the Galerkin method and a quick direct integral method, the dynamic responses of the coupled system with stochastic road surface roughness are obtained numerically. The effects of vehicle and road parameters on vehicle riding comfort and road damage are also investigated and some interesting conclusions are found which are beneficial to parameter design. In addition, the validity of simulation results is verified by a field test.

Keywords: vehicle-road interaction; parameter design; low dynamical design; double-layer thin plates; viscoelastic foundation; dynamic response; heavy vehicles; road surface roughness; ride comfort; road damage; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2012.046835

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, 2012 Vol.19 No.2, pp.207 - 224

Published online: 20 Dec 2014 *

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