A novel sensor design for the tyre load monitoring: overall design and analysis. (24th October 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kamalzadeh, Amin; Golnaraghi, M. Farid; Parameswaran, Ash M.; Leung, Albert M.
• Is Part Of: International journal of vehicle design. Volume 56:Number 1/2/3/4(2011)
• Page Start: 203
• Page End: 223
• Publication Date: 2011-10-24
• Subjects: sensor design -- tyre load monitoring -- force -- torque -- load -- vehicle tyres -- wheels -- vehicle dynamics -- vehicle control -- wheel forces -- wheel assembly -- deflection -- wheel bearing assembly; Motor vehicles -- Design and construction -- Periodicals; 629.231
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0143-3369

Abstract

The growing demand for safety, comfort, and ride performance in the automotive industry motivates the design of advanced sensory systems. In this work, a sensory system is designed which measures the wheel forces and moments in every direction. The design benefits from a compact configuration by only modifying one part of the vehicle's current wheel assembly. The forces and moments are measured using the deflections of a flexible cylindrical layer embedded in the external hub of the wheel bearing assembly, where all the loads transmit through.