Modeling and Validation of Rotational Vibration Responses for Accessory Drive System—Part II: Simulations and Analyses

Abstract

This is the second part of the paper for modeling and validation of the rotational vibration responses for an accessory drive system. The unified formulas for modeling the rotational vibration of an accessory drive system are presented. In the modeling of an accessory drive system, the damping and stiffness of a belt are regarded as the function of the excitation frequency of an engine and the amplitude of belt stretching. Additionally, the creeping effect of a belt on the pulley wrap arc is included in the model. A general purpose software for calculating the rotational vibration of an accessory drive system is developed, based on the presented unified formulas. One accessory drive system with seven pulleys, a tensioner, and a serpentine belt is used as a studying example to demonstrate the unified formulas and the procedure for obtaining the rotational vibration. In the simulation of the accessory drive system, the stiffness and damping of the belt, the friction coefficient between the belt and pulley, and the excitation torques with multifrequency components from the crankshaft torsional vibration are obtained from the experiment in the first part of this paper. The static tension and steady-state tension of each belt span, along with the natural frequency of the accessory drive system, rotational vibrations of the driven pulley and tensioner arm, and the dynamic tension of the belt span are calculated and compared well with the experimental data, which validate the presented unified formulas and the developed general purpose software. The modeling method and the procedure described in this paper are instructive for designing an accessory drive system.