Steering trapezoid mechanism design based on Monte Carlo method

Author

Lei Zhang ; En´guo Dong ; Yanyun Xing

Author_Institution

Tianjin Key Lab. of High Speed Cutting & Precision, Lianjin Univ. of Lechnology & Educ., Tianjin, China

Volume

5

fYear

2011

fDate

12-14 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

2337

Lastpage

2339

Abstract

Steering trapezoid mechanism of heavy truck is optimized applying Monte Carlo method. Movement precision during vehicle steering course is adopted as objective, and kingpins distance, axles distance, bottom angle of trapezoid mechanism and length of steering arm are defined as design variables, and minimum transmission angle and maximum angle error are considered as restriction condition. Results of deterministic optimization method and Monte Carlo optimization method are compared. The results show that movement precision based on Monte Carlo method is assured when design variables are little varied.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; design engineering; optimisation; steering systems; vehicle dynamics; Monte Carlo method; axles distance; kingpins distance; maximum angle error; minimum transmission angle; optimization method; steering arm length; steering trapezoid mechanism design; vehicle steering; Equations; Mathematical model; Monte Carlo methods; Response surface methodology; Robustness; Vehicles; Wheels; Monte Carlo method; movement precision; steering trapezoid mechanism; truck;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology (EMEIT), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-087-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMEIT.2011.6023578

Filename

6023578