The Open Automation and Control Systems Journal

2014, 6 : 706-710
Published online 2014 December 31. DOI: 10.2174/1874444301406010706
Publisher ID: TOAUTOCJ-6-706

Research on Ride Comfort of Diminutive Forest Fire-fighting Vehicles

Shan Cao , Shao Chen , Wenhua Yu , Shaofeng Chen and Xiangbo Xu
No.35 East Qinghua Road, Beijing, Postcard: 10083, China.

ABSTRACT

To improve the efficiency of forest fire fighting, ride comfort is very important for firemen to maintain good physical condition. Firstly, a whole vehicle model was established with the ADAMS/view(Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems) software. Next, test and simulation were performed to verify the three-dimensional model. Finally, the comparison of real vehicle test and ride comfort simulation results show that the vibration and ride comfort performance have been improved. The total root mean square (rms) of weighted acceleration at the car seat position on Class A road has been reduced by about 15.1%. The proposed approach has saved much time and money cost for a forest firefighting vehicle’s ride comfort optimization.

Keywords:

ADAMS, forest fire-fighting vehicle, ride comfort, vibration.