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Estimation of road profile variability from measured vehicle responses

Journal

VEHICLE SYSTEM DYNAMICS
Volume 54, Issue 5, Pages 585-605

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2016.1145243

Keywords

Road roughness; inverse problems; Kalman filtering; load variability; durability

Funding

  1. Renault
  2. 'Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie' (ANRT)

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When assessing the statistical variability of fatigue loads acting throughout the life of a vehicle, the question of the variability of road roughness naturally arises, as both quantities are strongly related. For car manufacturers, gathering information on the environment in which vehicles evolve is a long and costly but necessary process to adapt their products to durability requirements. In the present paper, a data processing algorithm is proposed in order to estimate the road profiles covered by a given vehicle, from the dynamic responses measured on this vehicle. The algorithm based on Kalman filtering theory aims at solving a so-called inverse problem, in a stochastic framework. It is validated using experimental data obtained from simulations and real measurements. The proposed method is subsequently applied to extract valuable statistical information on road roughness from an existing load characterisation campaign carried out by Renault within one of its markets.

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