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Adams/Controls and Easy5

Hydraulic Power Steering Tutorial

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Overview
This tutorial/document outlines the general steps followed for
Adams/Car vehicle assembly interface with hydraulic system built in
Easy5 using Adams/Controls for simulating hydraulic assist power
steering.

ADAMS/Car
vehicle dynamics
model

MSC.EASY5 power
steering system model

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1. Set up ADAMS/Car vehicle model

1. Start ADAMS/Car 2008r1in Standard Interface mode; set the

working directory; add the database called acar_easy5; and load
the ADAMS/Controls plug-in.

2. Open the vehicle assembly powersteering.assy from

acar_easy5 database.

3. Perform the files-only simulation with ADAMS/Car

4. Export ADAMS/Car controls plant for EASY5

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The ADAMS/Car Plant model

MSC.EASY5
Detailed
power steering
hydraulics model

ADAMS/Car V
F
plant
Plant T
Input Plant
(1 state variable) Output
(4 state variables)
where:
F = steering rack force V = steering rack velocity = steering column angle
= steering rack displacement T = steering column torque
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Open the Full-vehicle Assembly

The vehicle assembly
has been build using
the subsystem
subassembly
powersteering.sub.
The steering template
_steer_ctrls.tpl has
control plant built into
it using the plant
inputs and outputs.

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Run Your files-only Simulation

18. Fill in the Output Prefix field

with ctrls_demo. Change the
Mode of Simulation to files_only

19. Right mouse in the Driver

Control File field and search
the car_easy5 database. Select Running a files_only
sin_smooth.xml. Click OK to simulation creates the.acf
and .adm files needed for
run the simulation co-simulation
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20. Fill in the Plant Export

Export Your ADAMS Plant dialog box as shown.

21a. Click From Pinput

21b. Expand the steer_ctrls

subsystem and select
PINPUT1. Select OK

22. Click From Poutput then

select POUTPUT1 in the
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2. Set up your MSC.EASY5 hydraulic power steering

model; combine with ADAMS/Car

1. Add an ADAMS block to the MSC.EASY5 model

2. Configure the ADAMS block

3. Connect the ADAMS Input and Outputs

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Open ADAMS/Car Submodel

If the component library is not visible click the plus sign.

3. Double click to the

ADAMS/Car Submodel

Zoom in so your screen

looks like this.

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Configure Adams Mechanism component

Inside Adams/Car sub-model
3. Double click to the
Adams Mechanism
component in the
submodel; check out the
input parameters

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Run Analyses:
The model has three analyses:

1. NoBoostForce: No Rack force passed to Adams Model. This uses

NoBoost temporary settings file. Set Adams communication interval
and analysis time increment as 0.001seconds. Check out the RackForce
and Steering wheel Column.

2. InitialDesign: Power steering engaged; Check out the RackForce and

Steering wheel Column.

3. TunedDesign: Adjusting the relief valve (RF) pressure to tune the

steering wheel column torque. This uses HighPressure temporary
settings file. Check out the RackForce and Steering wheel Column.

Note: If you change the analysis time increment in Easy5 model; make sure
you change it in the driver control file (sin_smooth.xml) as well. Open
the driver control file in a text editor and change : stepSize="0.001" to
same as analysis time increment used in Easy5 model.

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Without Steering Assist Analysis:

No Boost Force without powersteering

Comparison between Initial

Design and Tuned Designed

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Power Steering Engaged Analysis:

1400 N

Steering Wheel Torque

Rack Force with Power Steering engaged

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Tuned Design Analysis:

Steering Wheel Torque Tuned Design

Comparison between Initial

Design and Tuned Designed
for steering wheel torque

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