Abstract:
The invention relates to a software damper and to a method for configuring a software damper connected to a clutch control system for damping chatter vibrations of a clutch torque being transferred by means of an automated friction clutch positioned between a combustion engine and a transmission and controlled by the clutch control system, wherein a transmission input speed (r(g)) is captured at the output of the friction clutch by means of the software damper, and the target clutch torque (m(k)) encumbered by chatter vibrations is corrected by means of negative feedback. To design the software damper, a transfer behavior is ascertained over a control link of the clutch control system while the target clutch torque is excited in a frequency range which is relevant for chatter vibrations, under this transfer behavior an undamped first frequency response of the transmission input speed (r(g)) and a second frequency response at the output of the software damper are ascertained, and the negative feedback of the software damper is determined by comparing the two frequency responses.
Abstract:
A method of modeling initial temperatures of a dry DCT includes reactivating a controller after a time lapse between first and second clock times representing an offline period. The last known temperatures of a first component and a second component are read and a first temperature difference therebetween is calculated. The method calculates a stop time and a start time on a predefined exponential function from the calculated temperature difference. A first conductive heat transfer between the first and second components is calculated by integrating the predefined exponential function between the stop time and the start time. Based upon the calculated first conductive heat transfer, a first conductive temperature change between the first and second components is calculated. A starting temperature of the first component is calculated from first conductive temperature change, and a control action on the dry DCT is executed based upon the calculated starting temperature.
Abstract:
The control system comprises detectors or estimators capable of supplying electrical signals or data indicative of the values of predetermined state variables including the angular velocity of the crankshaft of the engine, the difference between this angular velocity and the angular velocity of the primary shaft of the gearbox, and the torque delivered by the engine crankshaft and the torque transmitted by the friction clutch; calculating devices capable of supplying signals indicating the errors between the values of the state variables and respective reference values; filter devices capable of incrementing, within a predetermined frequency band, the relative weight selectively of the error of angular velocity of the crankshaft of the engine, and of the error of the abovementioned difference of angular velocity; processing devices capable of generating, in accordance with predetermined transfer functions, output signals or data indicating a torque partial value or contribution to be delivered by the engine and a torque partial value or contribution to be transmitted to the primary shaft of the gearbox by the friction clutch; and an adder capable of adding the torque partial values or contributions to corresponding other torque partial values or contributions, to be delivered or transmitted as relevant, determined by predetermined methods, in order to supply in the total output signals or data indicating the torque to be generated in the engine crankshaft and signals or data indicating the torque to be transmitted by the friction clutch.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for reducing chatter vibrations of a friction clutch controlled automatically by a clutch actuator on the basis of a target clutch torque (M(s)) assigned to a clutch torque which is to be transmitted, which friction clutch is positioned in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between an internal combustion engine and a transmission, having a present actual clutch torque which is marked by vibrations as a result of vibrations which occur occasionally (M(i)), wherein from a transmission behavior of the present actual clutch torque (M(i)) an absolute amplitude and a phase of an input signal detected at the output of the friction clutch and conveyed to a regulator are ascertained, from these a phase-selective disturbance torque is ascertained, from the latter a phase-correct correction torque (M(k)) is determined, and with this the target clutch torque (M(s)) is corrected by means of the regulator. In order to be able to design the method robustly, the correction torque (M(k)) is weighted with a specifiable intensification factor.
Abstract:
A method for optimizing a shift event in a vehicle includes designating a clutch to be used as an oncoming clutch or an offgoing clutch in the shift event before executing the shift event, and processing a plurality of input values through a state observer to thereby determine, as an output value of the state observer, an estimated slip speed of the designated clutch. The method includes using a proportional-integral control module for the designated clutch (a clutch PI) to close the control loop on the estimated slip speed from the state observer, thereby smoothing a switching between state space equations in the state observer, and executing the shift event. A vehicle includes a transmission, an engine, at least one traction motor, and a control system configured for executing the above method.
Abstract:
A power transmission device equipped with a torque biasing system and control system for controlling the torque biasing system is operable to determine a torque command and calculate a torque error based on the torque command and a model-based torque. A control signal is generated based on the torque error and the torque biasing system is operated based on the control signal.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for parameterizing a software damper connected to a clutch control system for damping chatter vibrations of a clutch torque being transferred by means of an automated friction clutch which is controlled by the clutch control system by means of a target clutch torque and which is positioned between a combustion engine and a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein the target clutch torque affected in specified operating states by chatter vibrations is corrected by means of the software damper, wherein a transfer behavior of a clutch torque transferred via the friction clutch on the basis of the target clutch torque is ascertained during a modulation of the target clutch torque and the software damper is parameterized with the help of the ascertained transfer behavior. In order to be able to parameterize the software damper quickly and comprehensively, the target clutch torque is modulated by means of a broadband excitation in a frequency range of the chatter vibrations, and the transfer behavior is ascertained depending on operating parameters of the drivetrain.
Abstract:
A method for determining a need for contact point adaptation for a clutch (106) of a vehicle (100), which clutch (106) transmits driving power between a power source engine (101) and at least one powered wheel (113, 114). At a first point in time, determining a first temperature (T1) of the clutch (106), comparing the first temperature (T1) with a second temperature (T2) of said clutch (106) determined at a second point in time which precedes the first point in time, and determining a need for contact point adaptation when the first temperature (T1) differs from the second temperature (T2) by more than a first value (ΔT)).
Abstract:
A method for approximately determining the torque actually transmitted by a clutch of a drive train of a vehicle, includes the steps of: setting a closed state of the clutch and transmitting a torque by way of the drive train, providing a state space model showing the drive train, particularly a Kalman filter, determining a torque which can theoretically be transmitted or is transmitted by the clutch in the closed state, and approximately determining the torque actually transmitted by the clutch, by adding the theoretically transmittable or transmitted torque and a disturbance torque determined by calculation, wherein the disturbance torque is determined on the basis of the state space model and actual rotational speeds of individual drive train components and/or of actual torques transmitted by individual drive train components.
Abstract:
A method for determining a need for contact point adaptation for a clutch (106) of a vehicle (100), which clutch (106) transmits driving power between a power source engine (101) and at least one powered wheel (113, 114). At a first point in time, determining a first temperature (T1) of the clutch (106), comparing the first temperature (T1) with a second temperature (T2) of said clutch (106) determined at a second point in time which precedes the first point in time, and determining a need for contact point adaptation when the first temperature (T1) differs from the second temperature (T2) by more than a first value (ΔT)).