Production variations of a heavy duty truck for its vibrations were measured and then analyzed through an Ishikawa diagram. Noise and Control factors of the truck idle shake were indentified. The major cause was found to be piece to piece variations of its power-train (PT) rubber mounts. To overcome the same, a new nominal level of the mount stiffness was sought based on minimization of a cost function related to vibration transmissibility and fatigue damage of the mounts under dynamic loadings.Physical prototypes of such mounts were proved to minimize the variations of the driver's seat shake at idling among various trucks of the same design. These learning's are useful for design of various subsystems or components to refine the full vehicle-Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH) at the robust design level.
A Robust Solution for a Power-Train Mounting System for Automotive NVH Refinements
Sae Technical Papers
Symposium on International Automotive Technology 2015 ; 2015
2015-01-14
Conference paper
English
A Robust Solution for a Power-Train Mounting System for Automotive NVH Refinements
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