• DocumentCode
    3415801
  • Title

    Design of an optimal low-cost platform for actuating a driving simulator

  • Author

    Pacurari, R. ; Hesse, Benjamin ; Schramm, Dieter

  • Author_Institution
    Mechanisms, Fine Mech. & Mechatron. Dept., Tech. Univ. of Cluj Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3-7 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    469
  • Lastpage
    474
  • Abstract
    This contribution proposes a mathematical model for an amplification mechanism (scissors mechanism) intended to be used as an actuating platform in the setup of a driving simulator. The main goal is reproducing different types of road profiles. For this purpose, hydraulic actuation has been chosen by means of high forces and powers that need to be developed. An optimization method is presented (GA and hybrid functions) for the geometrical parameters of the mechanism and the effectiveness of the method is validated by the simulation results in MATLAB/Simulink.
  • Keywords
    digital simulation; genetic algorithms; hydraulic actuators; traffic engineering computing; GA; MATLAB-Simulink; amplification mechanism; driving simulator; hybrid functions; hydraulic actuation; mathematical model; optimal low cost actuating platform; optimization method; road profiles; scissors mechanism; Actuators; Cost function; Force; Genetic algorithms; Roads; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2011 IEEE/ASME International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Budapest
  • ISSN
    2159-6247
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0838-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AIM.2011.6027090
  • Filename
    6027090