Analysis of the cord layer´s influence on the air spring´s lateral stiffness

Author

Tang, Zhao ; Weng, Xuetao ; Zhu, Shijian ; Lou, Jingjun

Author_Institution

Coll. of Naval Archit. & Power, Naval Univ. of Eng., Wuhan, China

fYear

2011

fDate

24-26 June 2011

Firstpage

2908

Lastpage

2911

Abstract

Stiffness is one of the most important factors to vibration isolation system. Paper established a finite element model of the air spring, used nonlinear finite element method to analysis the rectangular shape air spring´s stiffness. By considering the nonlinearity of the rubber-cord composite material, the geometric nonlinear process caused by large deformation and the nonlinear contact between the rigid base plate and the flexible capsule, paper calculated and plotted the characteristic curve of air springs, and analyzed the influence of cord angle, cord spacing and number of cord layers on the air spring´s lateral stiffness characteristics. The finite element method results are consistent with the test results, which proved the method is feasible.

Keywords

composite materials; elasticity; finite element analysis; mechanical contact; plates (structures); rubber; springs (mechanical); vibration isolation; air spring; finite element model; flexible capsule; lateral stiffness; nonlinear contact; nonlinear finite element method; rigid base plate; rubber-cord composite material; vibration isolation system; Atmospheric modeling; Composite materials; Finite element methods; Force; Rubber; Springs; Vibrations; air spring; cord layer; finite element method; lateral stiffness; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9172-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RSETE.2011.5964922

Filename

5964922