Method for controlling, more particularly in a closed-loop manner, a powertrain test bench with real transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11619565-B2
Application number	US-201816603373-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2018
Priority date	Apr 7, 2017
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling, more particularly in a closed-loop manner, a test bench for a powertrain with a real transmission, the method including calculating a desired value of a control parameter, more particularly a desired rotational speed, at the transmission output of the real transmission by means of a model that represents the transmission and at least one further component, more particularly a shaft, of the output side of the powertrain as virtual components, on the basis of at least one measurement parameter, more particularly a rotational speed and/or a torque, measured on the powertrain; and controlling the test bench, more particularly a load machine, on the basis of the desired value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a test bench for a powertrain having a transmission, comprising the following method steps:
operating the transmission on the test bench as a real component;
calculating a desired value of a control parameter of a transmission output of the transmission on a basis of a model that simulates the transmission and at least one component of an output side of the powertrain other than the transmission as virtual components, wherein the at least one component of the output side of the powertrain is not assembled on the test bench in reality but only exists as one of the virtual components and the transmission is both assembled on the test bench in reality and simulated as one of the virtual components, on a basis of at least one measurement parameter measured on the powertrain; and
controlling the test bench on a basis of the desired value of the control parameter.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the model factors in properties of a vehicle and properties of a track surface.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the model factors in at least one input torque of the transmission.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the following method step:
calculating an input torque of the transmission on a basis of an axial moment of inertia of the transmission, an angular acceleration of the transmission output of the transmission, and a measured torque of the transmission output of the transmission.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein a dynamic torque calculated from the angular acceleration of the transmission output of the transmission and the axial moment of inertia of the transmission is added to the measured torque of the transmission output of the transmission.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein a respective gear ratio of the transmission to be tested is taken into account when calculating the input torque of the transmission and/or the desired value of the control parameter.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the axial moment of inertia of the transmission is factored in as a function of an existing gear ratio of the transmission to be tested.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the measured torque of the transmission output of the transmission and/or a rotational speed of the transmission output of the transmission is measured on the test bench.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the measured torque of the transmission output of the transmission and/or the angular acceleration of the transmission output of the transmission is filtered by a filter, wherein the filter is selected from the group consisting of: a second-order low-pass filter, a Bessel filter, a Butterworth filter, a notch filter, or a Kalman filter.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the rotational speed of the transmission output of the transmission is calculated or stabilized by further measured values.

11. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising at least one of the following method steps:
calculating the angular acceleration of the transmission output of the transmission from a measured rotational speed of the transmission output of the transmission; and/or
measuring the angular acceleration of the transmission output of the transmission.

12. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising the following method step:
calculating or stabilizing the measured torque of the transmission output of the transmission by means of a torque of a transmission input.

13. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the measured torque of the transmission output of the transmission is determined by measuring an electrical air-gap torque of a load machine of the test bench.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed, cause to be performed the following steps:
operating a transmission as a real component on a test bench for a powertrain;
calculating a desired value of a control parameter of a transmission output of the transmission on a basis of a model that simulates the transmission and at least one component of an output side of the powertrain other than the transmission as virtual components, wherein the at least one component of the output side of the powertrain is not assembled on the test bench in reality but only exists as one of the virtual components and the transmission is both assembled on the test bench in reality and simulated as one of the virtual components, on a basis of at least one measurement parameter measured on the powertrain; and
controlling the test bench on a basis of the desired value of the control parameter.

15. A system for controlling a test bench for a powertrain with a transmission, the system comprising:
a first module for operating the transmission as a real component;
a second module for calculating a desired value of a control parameter of a transmission output of the transmission on a basis of a model that simulates the transmission and at least one component of an output side of the powertrain other than the transmission as virtual components, wherein the at least one component of the output side of the powertrain is not assembled on the test bench in reality but only exists as one of the virtual components and the transmission is both assembled on the test bench in reality simulated as one of the virtual components, on a basis of at least one measurement parameter measured on the powertrain; and
a third module for controlling the test bench on a basis of the desired value of the control parameter.

16. The system according to claim 15 , further comprising:
a fourth module for calculating an input torque of the transmission based on an axial moment of inertia of the transmission, an angular acceleration of the transmission output of the transmission, and a measured torque of the transmission output of the transmission.

17. The system according to claim 16 , further comprising:
a first sensor for determining the angular acceleration of the transmission output of the transmission; and
a second sensor for measuring the torque of the transmission output of the transmission.

Assignees

• Avl List Gmbh

Inventors

• Pfister Felix
• Fleck Andreas

Classifications

• G01M13/021 Primary

  Gearings · CPC title

• G01M13/025 Primary

  Test-benches with rotational drive means and loading means; Load or drive simulation · CPC title

• G01M13/026 Primary

  Test-benches of the mechanical closed-loop type, i.e. having a gear system constituting a closed-loop in combination with the object under test · CPC title

• G01M13/02

  Gearings; Transmission mechanisms · CPC title

• G01M13/022

  Power-transmitting couplings or clutches · CPC title