Simulation and experimental analysis on frictional vibration in the reversal process of a wiper-windscreen system

Abstract

This paper studies the frictional vibration aspects of the automobile wiper-windscreen contact system and builds a numerical model that matches the test equipment. The reversal vibration of the contact system is examined by the dynamics part of a theoretical model with the derived analytical formulas. The fluid lubrication characteristics are investigated by the friction part of the model with solutions of the friction coefficient-negative slope formula for relative velocity and the friction coefficient formula in the time domain. The nonlinear dynamic response of the theoretical model of the wiper blade is calculated with the Runge-Kutta method and the results of the frictional vibration are well reproduced in real motions. The validity of the model is confirmed by parallel analyses of the simulated results and the experimental ones of the wiper-windscreen system. It is concluded that properly reducing the length of blade tip is an effective way to reduce vibrations of the system. The influences of the wiping speed and acceleration after reversal on the system vibrations are also analyzed through experimental investigations. The theoretical and experimental results presented in this paper can be reference to structural optimization of the wiper blade and vibration and noise control of the wiper-windscreen contact system.