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Multibody dynamics analysis of the driveshaft coupling of the ball and tripod types of constant velocity joints

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The paper proposes a multibody dynamic simulation to numerically evaluate the generated axial force (GAF) and plunging resistant force (PRF) practically related to the shudder and idling vibration of an automobile. A numerical analysis of the drive shaft coupling of a ball joint (BJ) and two plunging type joints, a tripod joint (TJ), and a very low axial force tripod joint (VTJ), are conducted using the commercial program DAFUL. User-defined subroutines of a friction model illustrating the contacted parts of the outboard and inboard joint are subsequently developed to overcome the numerical instability and improve the solution performance. The Coulomb friction effect is applied to describe the contact models of the lubricated parts in the rolling and sliding mechanisms. The numerical results, in accordance with the joint articulation angle variation, are validated with experimentation. The offset between spider and housing is demonstrated to be the critical role in producing the third order component of the axial force that potentially causes the noise and vibration in the vehicle. The VTJ shows an excellent behavior for the shudder when compared with the TJ. In addition, a flexible nonlinear contact analysis coupled with multibody dynamics is also performed to show the dynamic strength characteristics of the rollers, housing, and spider.

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  1. Automobile Parts Research Department, WIA Corporation, 447-26, Onseokdong, Hwasungcity, Kyeongido, 445-110, Korea

    Young-Hun Lim, Myung-Eui Song & Won-Hee Lee

  2. Research and Development Center, Virtual Motion, Inc., 1639-4 Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-070, Korea

    Hui-Je Cho

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, 1271 Sa-dong, Ansan-city, Kyeongido, 426-791, Korea

    Dae-Sung Bae

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Lim, YH., Song, ME., Lee, WH. et al. Multibody dynamics analysis of the driveshaft coupling of the ball and tripod types of constant velocity joints. Multibody Syst Dyn 22, 145–162 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-009-9155-5

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