Title: Heavy vehicle suspension dynamic response and its relation to potential damage to roads

Authors: A. Lozano, J.A. Romero, J.C. Jauregui

Addresses: Instituto Mexicano del Transporte, Km. 12 Carr. Queretaro-Galindo, Sanfandila, Pedro Escobedo, 76000 Queretaro, Mexico. ' Instituto Mexicano del Transporte, Km. 12 Carr. Queretaro-Galindo, Sanfandila, Pedro Escobedo, 76000 Queretaro, Mexico. ' Centro de Asistencia Tecnica del Estado de Queretaro, Calzada del Retablo No. 150, 76150 Queretaro, Mexico

Abstract: An assessment of the relation between pavement stored energy and road damage is presented. This assessment is based upon mathematical models of different heavy duty vehicles and pavement configurations. Vehicle-road interaction is simulated assuming that the pavement behaves as a viscoelastic material and the vehicles perform as linear multibody spring damped mass systems. Variation in a tyre|s inflation pressure, suspension stiffness, load level and road roughness are analysed as a function of different vehicle configurations. Based on this simulation, a level of friendliness as a function of pavement accumulated strain energy is associated to each vehicle configuration.

Keywords: heavy vehicles; mathematical modelling; road damage; vehicle suspensions; suspension dynamic response; vehicle-road interaction; simulation; viscoelasticity; tyre inflation pressure; suspension stiffness; load level; road roughness; vehicle configurations; strain energy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.1999.054650

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, 1999 Vol.6 No.1/2/3/4, pp.360 - 373

Published online: 18 Jun 2013 *

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