Abstract
Abstract
Driveline noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) has become an integral attribute in defining how the vehicle NVH performance is perceived by the customers of the automotive industry. The driveshaft component design requirements need to make sure that the designed driveline system is robust and reliable in order to achieve the vehicle NVH targets. They also need to ensure that the system maintains its durability performance as well.
A slip mechanism in the driveline system is needed to accommodate the movements caused by the rear axle and rear suspensions when the vehicle travels on a rough road or accelerates/ decelerates abruptly. One design option to accommodate the slip mechanism is to use a press-fitted sliding-tube design. This slip mechanism causes the fluctuation of the contact forces in the tubes, particularly in the vehicle coast down course, and becomes a non-linear contact force phenomenon. This paper uses experimental and finite element method linear tools to explain the non-linear behaviour of the sliding-tube driveshaft, and to provide design options to prevent vehicle vibration issues created by the current sliding-tube driveshaft design.
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