Modeling of multistage nonlinear Dual Mass Flywheel torsional damper based on smoothing function fitting

• Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part D, Journal of automobile engineering Journal of automobile engineering, 2021-01, Vol.235 (1), p.32-42
• Main Authors: Long, Chen, Wen-ku, Shi, Song, Li, Zhi-yong, Chen, Yuan-bin, Yu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Damping; Flywheels; Mathematical models; Model accuracy; Nonlinearity; Simulation; Smoothing; Stiffness
• ISSN: 0954-4070; 2041-2991
• DOI: 10.1177/0954407020951318

The smoothing function is used to solve the problem of low simulation efficiency of multi-stage stiffness Dual Mass Flywheel (DMF) model, and the influence of different smoothing functions and fitting factor β on the fitting effect is studied. Firstly, based on the analysis of the working principle of multi-stage stiffness DMF, a mathematical model of DMF considering multi-stage stiffness and damping nonlinearity is established, and the accuracy of the model is verified by bench test. Then, tanh function, arctangent function, and sigmoid function are used to smooth the segment points in the DMF model, which solves the problem of inefficiency and not easy to converge in simulation. Finally, a 3-DOF model of the transmission system with DMF is established to simulate and analyze the smooth effect of the smoothing function and the performance difference between different smoothing functions. The results show that the smoothing function can effectively improve the stability of the simulation model. By comparing the three smoothing functions, it can be seen that the sigmoid function has the most obvious effect, which can shorten the simulation time by 52%.