An integrated framework for high-performance, high-fidelity simulation of ground vehicle-tyre-terrain interaction. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Serban, Radu; Negrut, Dan; Recuero, Antonio; Jayakumar, Paramsothy
• Is Part Of: International journal of vehicle performance. Volume 5:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 233
• Page End: 259
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Chrono -- vehicle-terrain interaction -- flexible tyres -- granular terrain -- co-simulation -- force-displacement coupling -- hybrid parallel computing -- MPI -- message passing interface -- OpenMP; Vehicles -- Design and construction -- Periodicals; 629.049
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1745-3194

Abstract

Assessing the mobility of off-road vehicles is a complex task that most often falls back on semi-empirical approaches to quantify the tire-terrain interaction. We introduce a high-fidelity ground vehicle mobility simulation framework that uses physics-based models of the vehicle, tyres, and terrain to factor in both tyre flexibility and soil deformation. The tyres are modelled using a nonlinear finite element approach that involves layers of orthotropic shell elements. The soil is represented as a large collection of rigid elements that interact through contact, friction, and cohesive forces. The high-fidelity vehicle models incorporate suspension, steering, driveline, and powertrain models. To alleviate the prohibitive computational costs associated with a coupled simulation of the overall problem, we propose a decoupled approach implemented as an explicit, force-displacement co-simulation framework which is demonstrated on several full-vehicle on soft soil simulations. UNCLASSIFIED: Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. #28937.