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Acknowledgement
This thesis would not have been possible unless Allah gave me the power and patience. I owe my deepest gratitude to o.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Rudolf Scheidl for his advices, guidance; I learned a lot from his infinity experience. I am grateful to DI. Dr. Florian Maier, DI. Andreas Tairych, DI Rainer Haas, Ing. Siegfried Grammer and DI. Dr. Markus Resch for their kind help in the hydraulic laboratory of the Johannes Kepler University. It is an honor for me to thank o.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.Hans Irschik for reviewing my thesis. I would like to thank a.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Bernhard Manhartsgruber for the test rig idea. I express my gratitude to my parents and my professors of my home university in Egypt. It is a pleasure to thank Habibi for the moral support. I offer my regards and blessings to OeAD organisation (sterreichischer Austauschdienst) who supported me financially during the completion of my PhD; and at the end Elhamd Ellah.
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Abstract
Hydraulic switching technology which is based on fast switching valves requires an innovative fast hydraulic accumulator concept to attenuate high frequency pulsations in the some hundred hertz range. The new accumulator concept should be simple in construction, allow low cost production, should be easy to integrate into the hydraulic system, should have high fatigue life and no need to recharging gas, and, if needed, be applicable also in some corrosive conditions of pure water hydraulics. The main trend to solve the compressed gas diffusion in the accumulator oil chamber which is the essential problem of the conventional accumulator is to replace the elastomer diaphragm with either a multilayer or micro-thickness metal diaphragm. Many investigations presented that the multilayer diaphragm has problems of layers separation due to the variation of materials properties. This lowers the accumulator working life and reduces diaphragm flexibility which affects the accumulator volume capacity. Recent developments of ultimately thin, high strength steel strips created the possibility to think of realizing new types of metal diaphragm accumulators. It is worth mentioning that the accumulator is always embedded in some hydraulic transmission system and that its attenuation performance couples strongly with the dynamics of that system. For this reason, distributed and 2DOF discrete parameter pipe models are developed and used to investigate the transmission systems influence on the attenuation performance of the accumulator system. In general, the one dimensional transmission line model of Leonard gives good dynamic response results compared with the 3D FE acoustic model results in the investigated frequency range. Only at junctions or at bent zones the results differ due to the radial velocity components which are not represented in the Leonard model. The new accumulator design, called Diaphragm cap accumulator, is numerically simulated using FEM to obtain a feasible realization being able to cope with the extreme requirements. The simulations happened as series of sequentially developed trials to optimise the design of the new accumulator.
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The stress-displacement analyses of Diaphragm cap accumulator demonstrate that the finally selected thin steel diaphragm shape performs axisymmetric deformations without any instability problem with stresses below the material yield strength. Both stamping and hydroforming simulations were performed to determine the most economic and accurate manufacturing process to form the thin steel diaphragm of 50 m thickness, to compute the right clamping force, and to estimate the springback effect for the high strength steel material. The stamping simulation results present the ability of the stamping process to form a complex geometry. The hydrofroming simulations confirm the precise hydroforming pressure used to form the cap diaphragm. A test rig is designed to prove the feasibility of the new accumulator design. The experiments show the new accumulator behaves axisymmetrically and performs normally as conventional accumulator. Chips or solid particles contained into the hydraulic oil can lower the working life of the cap diaphragm. Another innovative hydraulic accumulator is investigated in the thesis the combined round-weld bellows type accumulator which has the advantage of low stress values, high hydraulic capacity and long fatigue life. It could be used instead of the weld bellows type in the bellows accumulator to avoid the strength reducing effects of welding.
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Zusammenfassung
Um die hydraulische Schnellschalttechnologie, welche wesentlich auf den hydraulischen Schnellschaltventilen basiert, voranzutreiben, bedarf es neuer schneller Hydrospeicher, welche bis zu einer Frequenz von mehreren hundert Hertz betrieben werden knnen. Ein derartiger Hydrospeicher sollte eine einfache Konstruktion und hohe Lebensdauer aufweisen, billig herzustellen und einfach in ein Hydrauliksystem zu integrieren sein. Des Weiteren sollte ein neuer Hydrospeicher auch in einer korrosiven Umgebung (z.B. Wasserhydraulik) einsetzbar sein. Um das Problem der Gasdiffusion in die lkammer in einem konventionellen ElastomerBlasenspeicher zu lsen, wird die Verwendung einer sehr dnnen Metallmembran oder Mehrschichtmembran anstatt der Elastomerblase vorgeschlagen. Untersuchungen haben bezglich der Mehrschichtmembranen gezeigt, dass es hier hufig zu Problemen kommt, da sich die Schichten voneinander ablsen knnen. Dies wiederum reduziert die Lebensdauer von solchen Speichern. Auf Grund neuer Erkenntnisse in der Materialtechnologie von sehr dnnen Metallmembranen mit hoher Festigkeit, erffnet sich die Mglichkeit neue Hydrospeicher mit dnnen Metallmembranen zu realisieren. Es muss erwhnt werden, dass ein Hydrospeicher immer in einem Hydrauliksystem eingebettet ist. Somit koppeln die Eigenschaften des Speichers mit den Eigenschaften des Hydraulikkreises. Aus diesem Grund wurden sowohl verteilt-parametrische als auch diskrete Rohrleitungsmodelle (mit 2 Freiheitsgraden) entwickelt und verwendet um die Einflsse der Hydraulikleitungen auf die Speicherperformance beurteilen zu knnen. Generell liefert das eindimensionale Leitungsmodell von Leonhard im untersuchten Frequenzbereich gute Ergebnisse im Vergleich zu einem dreidimensionalen FE
Akustikmodell. Nur bei Abzweigungen oder gebogenen Stcken kommt es zu Abweichungen, da die Radialgeschwindigkeiten im Leonardmodell nicht bercksichtigt werden. Das neue Hydrospeicherkonzept Membran-Kappen-Speicher wird numerisch mittels Finiter Elemente simuliert um eine realisierbare Lsung zu erhalten, welche den sehr hohen Anforderungen gerecht wird. Die Berechnung erfolgt in einer Serie von sequentiellen Analysen um das Konzept zu optimieren. V
Die
Spannungs-
und
Verschiebungsanalysen
des
Membran-Kappen-Speichers
demonstrieren, dass eine dnne Stahlmembran achssymmetrische Deformationen aufweist, ohne dass ein Stabilittsproblem auftritt. Die mechanischen Spannungen bleiben dabei unter der Materialstreckgrenze. Sowohl Stanz- als auch Hydroumformsimulationen wurden durchgefhrt um eine effiziente Herstellbarkeit der Membranen von 50ym Dicke sicherzustellen. Die
Stanzsimulationen zeigen, dass komplexe Geometrien mit dem Stanzvorgang hergestellt werden knnen. Die Hydroumformsimulationen liefern das Druckprofil, welches fr den Umformprozess verwendet werden muss. Ein Prfstand wurde aufgebaut, um die Funktion des Speichers zu zeigen. Die Experimente zeigen, dass sich die Membran achssymmetrisch verhlt und der Hydrospeicher wie ein konventioneller Speicher funktioniert. Grobe Partikel im Hydraulikl fhrten zu einer stark reduzierten Lebensdauer des Speichers. Ein weiterer innovativer Hydrospeicher ist ebenfalls in der vorliegenden Arbeit angefhrt. Dieser hat den Vorteil kleiner mechanischer Spannungen, hoher hydraulischer Kapazitten und einer hohen Lebensdauer. Ein solches Konzept knnte statt geschweiten Faltenbalgen verwendet werden, da die Festigkeitswerte nicht durch Schweiung beeinflusst werden.
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List of Notations
Symbol
Description The strain hardening exponent the cross sectional area of a fluid volume The surface area of the separator element of the hydro-pneumatic accumulator.
Aacc , A4
Av , Av 2
The cross sectional areas of the output throttle valve and of the throttle valve located at the entrance of the accumulator respectively
Speed of sound in the fluid The coefficient of discharge flow rate The fluid particle (element) damping coefficient The hydraulic capacitance The hydraulic capacitance of several pipes and of a cavity (see. Section 3.2.2.7) The pressure variation in frequency domain The change of the gas pressure in the accumulator The differential of the gas pressure in the accumulator The effective Bulk modulus The fluid Bulk modulus The plastic strain
Cd
cf
CH
C Hi ,C H 2 , C H 3 ,C H 4
dPG ,K
dVG
E eff
E fl
The propagation operator The propagation operator of different pipes and of an oil chamber (see Section 3.3.2) The current The current passing through the capacitor The imaginary unit ( j = 1 ) The Bessel functions of the first kind and order 0 and 2 VII
1 , 2 ,
3 , 4
i
iC j
J0 , J2
K
kf
The strength coefficient The fluid particle (element) stiffness The pipe length The electric coil impedance or the hydraulic inductance The hydraulic inductance several pipes and an oil chamber, respectively (see. Section 3.2.2.7) The mass of the separator element of the hydro-pneumatic accumulator
LH
LHi , LH 2 , L H 3 , LH 4
mdiaph = m
[kg]
Poisson 's ratio The polytropic exponent The acoustic pressure The time derivatives of the acoustic pressure.
n
p
& p p , &&
The input pressure to the first horizontal (upstream) pipe in time and frequency domain The input pressure to the second horizontal (upstream) pipe in time and frequency domain The input pressure of the accumulator oil chamber in time and frequency domain
[Pa]
[Pa]
[Pa]
Pav , Pav 2 ) PE 1 , PE 1 ) PE 2 , PE 2
The average pressures at the output throttle valve and the throttling at the entrance of the accumulator respectively. The output pressure from the first horizontal (upstream) pipe in time and frequency domain The output pressure from the second horizontal (upstream) pipe in time and frequency domain
[Pa]
[Pa]
[Pa]
) PE 3 , PE 3
PE 4 , PE 4 PG
& PG
PG 0
)
The output pressure rate of the pipe connecting the accumulator in time and frequency domain The output pressure of the accumulator oil chamber in time and frequency domain The actual gas pressure in the accumulator gas chamber The time derivative of PG The gas initial pressure in the accumulator gas chamber
[Pa]
[Pa]
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P , Pin in
The input pressure to the transmission line in time and frequency domain
[Pa]
PK
Poil , Poil Pout , Pout Pout1 , Pout 2
) Q A1 , Q A1 ) Q A2 , Q A 2
The gas pressure at certain point The oil pressure inside the accumulator oil chamber in time and the frequency domain respectively. The output pressure from the transmission line in time and the frequency domain respectively. The outlet pressure of the first and second pipe in frequency domain respectively. The input discharge flow rate to the first horizontal (upstream) pipe in time and frequency domain respectively. The input discharge flow rate to the second horizontal (upstream) pipe in time and frequency domain respectively.
[Pa] [Pa]
[Pa]
[Pa] [m3/s] [m3/s] [m3/s] [m3/s] [m3/s] [m3/s] [m3/s] [m3/s] [m3/s] [ m3/s] [m3/s] [m3/s] [kg/m3] [m]
) Q A3 , Q A3
) QE 1 , Q E 1 ) QE 2 , Q E 2
The input discharge flow rate to the pipe connecting the accumulator in time and frequency domain The output discharge flow rate from the first horizontal (upstream) pipe in time and frequency domain The output discharge flow rate from the second horizontal (upstream) pipe in time and frequency domain
) Q E 3 , QE 3 ) QE 4 , QE 4
Qin , Qin Qoil , Qoil Qout , Qout Qout 1 , Qout 2 Qv , Qv
The output flow rate of the pipe connecting the accumulator The output pressure and flow rate of the accumulator oil chamber in time and frequency domain The input flow rate in time and frequency domain. The oil flow rate of the accumulator in time and the frequency domain The output flow rate from the transmission line in time and the frequency domain The outlet flow rate of the first and the second pipe in frequency domain The discharge flow rate of the throttle valve in time and frequency domain respectively.
RH
The hydraulic resistance The hydraulic resistance of the first, second horizontal pipe, the pipe connecting the accumulator and the oil chamber The applied stress on the material,
RHi , RH 2 , RH 3 , RH 4
[Pa]
s t
Laplace operator Physical time The fluid velocity in the axial direction The fluid particle displacement; The fluid particle velocity; The fluid particle acceleration; The fluid velocity in the radial direction Kinematic viscosity of the fluid The capacitor voltage The time derivative of VG The gas initial volume of the accumulator gas chamber The actual gas volume of the accumulator gas chamber The electrical coil voltage The input voltage to the RLC circuit The time derivate of the input voltage The electrical resistance voltage The Laplace frequency or the angular velocity. The displacement of the separator element of the hydro-pneumatic accumulator [s] [m/s] [m] [m/s] [m/s2] [m/s] [m2/s] [Volt] [m3/s] [m3] [m3] [Volt] [Volt] [Volt] [Volt] [rad/s] [m] [m/s2] [Pa/ m3/s] [Pa/ m3/s]
u
uf
& uf = vf
&& uf
vC ( t )
& VG
VG0 VG
vL ( t )
vin ( t ) & vin ( t )
vR ( t )
&& y
zc z c1 , z c 2 , zc3 , zc4
The characteristic impedance The characteristic impedance for the upstream pipe, downstream pipe, the vertical pipe and the oil chamber respectively(see Section 3.3.2)
Table of contents
Acknowledgement Abstract Zusammenfassung List of Notations Table of contents 1 Introduction 1.1 1.2 1.3 Overview and problem setting Importance of fast response accumulators Functions of accumulators Hydro-pneumatic type accumulator Diaphragm accumulator Weld type diaphragm accumulator Screw type diaphragm accumulator Bladder diaphragm accumulator Piston accumulator Novel accumulator concepts Metal strands type Solid elastomer type Metal bellows accumulator Spring loaded accumulator type Dead weight accumulator type XI
II III V VI XI 1 1 2 4 5 6 6 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 13
1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.2.1 1.3.2.2 1.3.3 1.3.4 1.3.5 1.3.5.1 1.3.5.2 1.3.5.3 1.3.6 1.3.7
2.
New accumulator concepts overview of the state of the art 2.1 Introduction 2. 2 Literature review 2.3 Conclusions
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3.
Hydraulic system dynamic response modelling 3.1 3.2 Introduction Discrete parameter models Case of study Elements of the hydraulic system model Linear hydraulic capacitance Hydraulic inductance Laminar, steady state flow resistance in a circular cross section pipe
39 3.2.2.4 3.2.2.5 3.2.2.6 3.2.2.7 3.3 Discrete transmission line model Hydraulic throttle The Hydro-pneumatic accumulator Discrete parameter SDOF model of the case of study. 45 48 56 56 58 61 75 77 77 79 44
Results and discussions 3D Finite Element acoustic models with frequency dependent friction Acoustic finite element models of some hydraulic systems Test case straight pipe with pressure excitation Accumulator in a transmission line with pressure rate excitation XII
3.6 Conclusions 4. Theoretical investigations of alternative accumulator concepts 4.1. Diaphragm cap accumulator Diaphragm concept and design Nonlinear FE model of diaphragm deformation and stress state Diaphragm cap accumulator simulation results Dynamical response behaviour FE acoustic model and simulation results
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4.1.4.1. 4.2.
4.2.1. 4.3. 5.
Conclusions
Experimental investigation of diaphragm cap accumulator 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. Design of a prototype Material selection for the diaphragm Diaphragm forming processes
5.3.1 Stamping 5.3.2 Hydroforming 5.4. Simulations of the diaphragm forming processes
5.4.1 Simulation of stamping process 5.4.1.1 Finite element model of the stamping process 5.4.1.2 Finite element model of the hydroforming process 5.4.1.3 Results of the stamping and hydroforming simulations 5.5. 5.6. Manufacturing of diaphragm cap (hydroforming) Test set-up
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References Eidesstattliche Erklrung Curriculum vitae Annex 1 Prototype engineering drawings A1. The diaphragm cap A2. The intermediate part A3. The upper housing A4. The lower housing Annex 2 A.2.1 Abaqus input files A.2.1.1 Abaqus input file for acoustic analysis of closed straight pipe model A.2.1.2 Acoustic analysis of ideal accumulator connected with transmission line A.2.1.3 Acoustic analysis of the ideal diaphragm cap accumulator A.2.1.4 Nonlinear behaviour of the Diaphragm cap with dimples A.2.1.5 Nonlinear behaviour of the contact interaction between the Diaphragm cap and the lower accumulator housing A.2.1.6 Hydroforming a flat membrane A.2.1.7 Stamping a flat membrane A.2.1.8 Nonlinear behaviour of the accumulator bellows XIV
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A.2.2 Matlab files A.2.2.1 The distributed and the 2DOF discrete parameter models of transmission line connecting with a hydro-pneumatic accumulator. A.2.2.1.1 The distributed parameter model of transmission line connecting with an accumulator A.2.2.1.2 The 2DOF discrete parameter model of transmission line connecting with an accumulator.
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1 Introduction
resulting in a change of gas temperature produces polytropic state change which depends on how fast expansion or compression occurs. During the polytropic compression process, heat energy transfers from the hot gas to the accumulator walls and finally to the surrounding air. A major problem of conventional accumulator designs is their inability to fully prevent the diffusion of the compressed gas of the gas chamber to the hydraulic fluid chamber through the elastomer diaphragm. Consequently, the hydro-pneumatic accumulators tend to gradually lose their charge and require periodic recharging or replacement; also the gas dissolves in the hydraulic fluid and increases the saturated gas levels in the hydraulic fluid and, thus, increases fluid compressibility considerably, particularly at lower pressures. That reduces reliability and the performance of the hydraulic system and increases service frequencies.
Fig.1. 1 the hydraulic circuit of Anti Brake System (ABS) ([LEXUS 2009])
Hydraulic switching control is applicable also in agricultural machines like ploughs or harvesters. In a research project of LCM (Linz Center of Mechatronics) [Winkler 2002] a harvester pick-up was developed that is actively controlled, among other purposes to avoid crashes with obstacles. The pick-up is guided at certain distance above the ground by some automatic level control with some fast response positioning hydraulic drive. Other material on hydraulic switching control in agricultural machinery can be found in [Scheidl 2000].
Another application is the hydraulic buck converter (see Fig.1. 2) which is similar to electrical buck converter. It consists of a switching valve, a check valve, the inductance realized by a pipe, and a hydraulic accumulator. When the switching valve opens, the fluid in the pipe inductance is accelerated or flows to charge the accumulator and at the same time enters to the consumer line. After the valve closes, the kinetic energy of the fluid in the pipe generates a suction of oil from the tank line. This suction effect is responsible for achieving a higher efficiency than proportional hydraulics. The fluctuations of pressure generated by the switching process with frequencies in range of 50 up to a few hundred Hertz are attenuated by a fast hydraulic accumulator. This switching causes strong pressure fluctuations in the system and that may deteriorate machine performance. The hydraulic accumulators needed to filter
this fluctuation have to be to be quite fast since switching provokes many higher order pulsation frequencies. As an estimate a few kHz might be given as limit frequency up to which the accumulator should respond nearly immediately [Scheidl 2008].
vehicle deceleration (braking) and covers peak power to keep the combustion engine smaller than usual. 3. To provide auxiliary energy like in electro-hydraulic power steering systems to prevent the pump from delivering pressure all time and waste energy in this way. 4. To have an energy source in case of emergency like for a winch or a hydraulic lift, where the prime mover is typically an internal combustion engine, to carry out emergency operation at failure of the prime mover. 5. To compensate leakage loss or thermal expansion volume for instance in clamping units of machine tools. Attenuation of pulsation needs a fast response accumulator having small hydraulic capacity and small hydraulic inertia to keep the limit frequency high enough. Inertia stems from the hydraulic fluid in narrow passages or from accumulator movable solid components, like the piston of a piston accumulator.
lower one (see Fig.1. 4 ). No heat problem of welding arises. The main advantage of this type is that diaphragms can be changed in case of failure. The production costs, however, are significantly higher than of the welded type such that only for multiple diaphragm changes (~ 68 times) total costs become lower.
The advantages of the bladder hydraulic accumulator are: It has larger hydraulic capacity than the diaphragm type, is simpler in design and less expensive than the piston type. The shell is only one part which avoids any of the mentioned problems of joining the two housing parts of the diaphragm accumulator. The disadvantages are: For medium or large hydraulic capacity, the bladder should be made from a very flexible material such as rubber. These materials are not fully gas tight. Gas may permeate into the hydraulic fluid and the accumulator fails after certain working life. Like the diaphragm accumulator, there is a valve at the hydraulic port to secure the bladder to not excessively deform. This valve may close if fast outflow occurs due to flow forces. This limits the dynamical performance of the accumulator.
diaphragm and the bladder types. This makes it a favourable candidate if excellent high frequency response is required. The disadvantages of this type are: It needs regular maintenance for changing the sealing elements of the piston and also charging the hydraulic accumulator with inert gas; it is more complicated in design and has higher costs than the diaphragm type.
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1.3.5.1 Metal strands type This type was published in [Yeapple 1996]. It is basically a piston accumulator. It consists of a cylindrical metal shell with a piston moving inside along its axis (see Fig.1. 7). This piston divides the cylindrical shell into a gas and a hydraulic chamber. The actually new thing is metal particles added to this gas chamber. These metal particles increase the energy storage capacity because of their higher thermal capacity which brings the accumulator close to an isothermal behaviour. The latter also avoids problems with the significant temperature rise in close to adiabatic compression which may endanger seals. The metal particles cause additional weight. The main challenge is to assure a homogenous distribution of the particles in the gas a prerequisite for a proper functioning.
1.3.5.2 Solid elastomer type It consists of a cylindrical metal shell including an elastomer part like silicon. This elastomer acts as a spring element instead of the compressed gas of the hydro-pneumatic accumulator and stores the hydraulic energy. There is no need for a separator to divide the accumulator into two chambers (see Fig.1. 8). The hydraulic fluid enters from the hydraulic port to the hydraulic chamber and pressurises the elastomer against the end wall of the cylindrical shell [Yeapple 1996].
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The advantages of the solid elastomer are: Simple in construction since there is no need for a separating element; less number of parts; cheap; using elastomer is safer because it will not explode; needs not to be charged with gas and no gas leakage, hence has a long working life; no tight seal between fluid and gas is required; operates from zero pressure on, in contrast to gas filled accumulators which start working for pressure above the gas filling pressure; the expansion of the elastomer due to high temperature is less than of the compressed gas in hydro-pneumatic accumulators. The disadvantages of this type are: It has less hydraulic capacity than the hydro-pneumatic type because the elastomer material has a limit deformation (The elastomer takes more place in the compression stroke than the compressed gas), higher weight than the hydro-pneumatic accumulator because the inert gas is almost weightless.
1.3.5.3 Metal bellows accumulator The meta1 bellows accumulator consists of a cylindrical metal shell including a metallic bellow; one end of the metallic bellows unit is fixed to one end wall of the cylindrical shell. The metallic bellows divides the hydraulic accumulator into an outer chamber containing the hydraulic fluid connected to the hydraulic port and an inner chamber containing the inert gas. The metal bellows accumulator should have a stopper like a rubber bush for preventing the bellows from the collapse with the end wall of the cylindrical shell in the unladen case (see
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Fig.1. 9). When the hydraulic fluid enters from the hydraulic port into the hydraulic chamber it forces the metallic bellow to move mainly in axial direction to the cylindrical shell. The metallic bellow pressurises the inert gas into the gas chamber and hence the accumulator can store energy from the hydraulic system [Hydac 2009]. The advantages of the metal bellows accumulator are: Gas tight, hence no leakage of nitrogen gas; that means long working life and no maintenance; it has medium hydraulic capacity. Metals have a significant durable strength; thus, this type has an infinite lifetime in contrast to elastomers. The disadvantages of this type are: It is complicated in design and more expensive and has a smaller capacity to volume ratio than piston, diaphragm or bladder accumulators.
The pressure remains constant for the full stroke, it provides a huge capacity and; they are most often used in huge central hydraulic systems; there is no need to charging the accumulator with inert gas [Wiki 2010]. The disadvantages of this type are: The dead weight accumulator has a very large size which makes it inapplicable for most hydraulic applications.
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2.1
Introduction
For obvious reasons, the majority of hydraulic accumulators consist of liquid and gas parts, with a bladder, piston or diaphragm as separating element. The liquid filling the hydraulic chamber is connected to the hydraulic circuit. When the liquid pressure rises the gas is compressed and stores some energy and when the pressure falls the compressed gas expands again and forces the accumulated liquid into the hydraulic circuit. The task of this thesis is not only to study new accumulator concepts of this principle but also to improve diaphragm design and to obtain an excellent dynamic performance characteristic. Such an accumulator should have the following further properties: simple in construction essentially impervious to gas diffusion and leak-tight highly flexible to provide large volumetric displacement capacity over a wide range of operating temperatures able to withstand repeated displacement without degrading reliable, durable and having a long service life without requiring recharging or frequent servicing.
2. 2 Literature review
This section reviews the published hydraulic accumulator literature with emphasis on the diaphragm accumulator type because it is the field of study of this thesis. It shows different innovative concepts either in construction or in material used for the diaphragm.
Axinte Ionita [Ionita 2001] investigated an accumulator to absorb the hydraulic pulsation in the hydraulic system with numerous small holes on one-side of the containment which
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allows hydraulic fluid to enter into or exit from the accumulator without much impedance. The diaphragm is made of rubber (see Fig.2. 1).
The author analyses the deformation of the diaphragm to find an explanation for an observed crack formation caused by non-symmetric radial deformation. The results indicate that the deformation pattern depends on the shape of the diaphragm rather than on the magnitude of the applied load. The author did not concern other effects such as thermal or chemical effects which may accelerate the creation of the cracks or might be responsible for the crack initiation. The assessment of this design is, that it needs frequent service to discharge gas into the gas chamber due to permeability of the diaphragm rubber material and that the elastomer diaphragm will sharply deform through the holes when a high gas pressure applies; hence, it has a short working life. 17
Kenji Hattori et al [Hattori 1993] investigate a new hydro-pneumatic diaphragm accumulator used in antilock brake and traction control systems in the automotive field. In order to prevent gas from permeating into the liquid chamber from the gas chamber, the diaphragm is constructed of multiple layers (laminated fabric material); the middle layer is formed of a thin sheet element of metal or resinous material having a small gas-permeability. The upper and lower layers are made of an elastomer (see Fig.2. 2). With this construction the permeation of gas is inhibited by the thin sheet element of the metal or resinous material and the strength of the thin sheet element is reinforced by the laminated fabric material. But the thin sheet element if made of metal has low admissible elongation. Hence, fatigue is induced by repeated displacement of the diaphragm. Even though cracking of the diaphragm as a whole can be inhibited by the laminated fabric material, gas permeation through the diaphragm occurs if the gas tight metal layer gets cracked. If the thin sheet element is made of polyvinylidene-fluoride or -chloride similar durability problems arise since these material have low elongation at low temperatures. Polyvinylidene-fluoride or -chloride have a high resistance to solvents and, therefore, it is difficult to improve the cold temperature resistance of the material by the addition of a plasticizer. Moreover, the elongation of the laminated fabric material is extremely small and, hence, the displacement of the diaphragm is restrained by the laminated fabric material. That limits the hydraulic capacity of the accumulator. The author found that to solve such a problem, a material exhibiting a large elongation at low temperatures should be used. For example, if the gas-impervious member is formed of polyvinyl alcohol with some glycerine, that could be achieved. Another problem addressed by the author is the influence of some hydraulic fluid constituents such as Ethylene glycol alkyl ether on diaphragm materials. Ethylene glycol alkyl ether (used as brake fluid) has a hardening effect on polyvinyl with glycerine which in turn tends to crack particularly at low temperatures since the glycerine is extracted from the layer. A solution tested to solve this problem is to affix a second layer of synthetic resin at one surface of the middle layer. But repeated deformation of the diaphragm tends to separate the layers which in turn leads to gas permeation again. Assessments of the design are that it is simple in construction, and may have longer working life than conventional elastomer diaphragms. However, the production of such layered diaphragm material may be costly and there might be problems with the robustness of such compound materials. 18
Alan R. Larsen [Larsen 2000] presented a high pressure accumulator design with a composite flexible diaphragm (see Fig.2. 3). It is made of only two layers; the first layer serves as the main elastic layer and is composed of an elastomer, such as nitrile rubber, butyl rubber, styrene rubber, chloroprene rubber, or ethylene-propylenediene (EPDM) rubber. EPDM rubber is preferred. The rubber layer has typically a thickness between 1.2 and about 2.5 mm. The second layer serves as the gas-impermeable layer and is affixed to the surface of the first layer on the side facing the gas chamber. It is composed of a gas-impermeable material, such as a thin metal layer vapour deposited to the first layer. The metal film may consist of aluminum, titanium, antimonytin, or other metals or alloys. The metal layer typically has a thickness between about 2 m and about 8 m. The composite diaphragm still has excellent elastic flexibility as a whole, even with a metal layer being affixed to the rubber layer.
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John H. Crankshaw [Crankshaw 1974] invented a new accumulator design which consists of two or more concentric steel cylinders with at least one cylinder sleeve of neoprene acting as a spring between them. The contact surfaces of the steel and the neoprene are bonded together and have shear strength equal to the shear strength of the neoprene itself (see Fig.2. 4). The inner cylinder is connected to a piston rod and in turn to a piston. The fluid pressure acts on this piston against the sleeve of the neoprene. The outer cover encloses the assembly. This design is simple in construction, efficient to use and does not need gas charging. After a certain working life the sleeve of neoprene gets damaged leading to a sudden failure. Thus, this design would need additional elements to avoid this malfunction.
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James R. Mayer [Mayer 1976] created a new flexible diaphragm integrating a metal disc into an elastomer diaphragm. The diaphragm contains also a plurality of concentric circular ridges for engagement with the wall surface of the accumulator lower housing which contains concentric circular rows of fluid discharge openings (see Fig.2. 5). This prevents an extrusion of the diaphragm through the discharge port and reduced the tendency of the diaphragm to trap hydraulic fluid between the diaphragm and the walls of the accumulator housing which provided maximum flow area. This design is assessed as follows: it is a little bit complicated in construction and more expensive than conventional diaphragm accumulators, but needs no recharge the accumulator
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Kip R. Steveley [Steveley 1988] discusses the utilization of an internal spring having at its end an ellipsoidal cap in a normal hydraulic accumulator. This cap shapes the flexible membrane of the accumulator when pressurized fluid enters the accumulator, thereby minimizing the tensional forces within the membrane (see Fig.2. 6Fig.2. 6). This design is relatively simple, although more complex than a conventional diaphragm accumulator; it is probably not suitable for very high operating frequencies due to the small inlet bore. The claimed service life extending effect of the elliptical cap is hard to asses without experiments.
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Onishi [Onishi 2000] proposes a new design for the lower housing of a high-pressure accumulator which defines the limit of deformation for a flexible disk-shaped metal diaphragm. Excessive concentrations of stresses in the diaphragm are prevented by the curvature of the contact surface of the lower housing (see Fig.2. 7). To obtain the right curvature the author divided the diaphragm surface into two zones: the first on its circumference which is subjected to a uniformly distributed load; and the other one is the central portion of the diaphragm which is defined by a large deflection. This design is simple in construction, cheap in cost and does not need gas charging. Excessive stresses occur in a plate made of rather stiff metal if deformations are large. This is the main shortcoming of this design.
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Takamatsu et al [Takamatsu 2000] present an accumulator with a diaphragm comprising a resin intermediate layer for gas shielding, an upper rubber layer adjacent to the gas chamber made of three layers of different material. The upper layer adjacent to the gas is made of butyl rubber, the intermediate layer is from EPDM (Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Terpolymer), and another rubber layer works as the lower layer adjacent to the oil chamber. When the accumulator is working the rubber is repetitively compressed and strained by elastic deformation (see Fig.2. 8). The rubber is rubbed and worn, resulting in cracking of the rubber layers but after a longer working life than the normal diaphragm construction. This diaphragm design is expected to be more complicated in manufacturing, hence more expensive, and has a tendency of a separation of the diaphragm layers since the resign and the rubber materials have different modulus of elasticity.
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Sasaki et al [Sasaki 2006] investigate a hydraulic accumulator with an elastic composite diaphragm which consists of the intermediate layer (gas shielding layer) made of ethylenevinyl alcohol copolymer, the inner elastic layers made of the polyamide resin, and the outer elastic layers made of ester based elastic plastic. All these layers are included in an outer rubber layer (see Fig.2. 9). This new composite diaphragm prevents gas permeation for a long time. Furthermore, the resistance to the low temperature operation under -40 C is improved. This design is assessed to be more costly but having longer working life than conventional accumulators; a diaphragm with several layers has lower flexibility than single layer designs which affects the accumulator hydraulic capacity negatively.
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Nakamura et al [Nakamura 2004] study a bellow type accumulator comprising a cylindrical shell including a metallic bellow for partitioning the interior of the shell into a hydraulic chamber and a gas chamber (see Fig.2. 10). Operation of the accumulator over long time can be ensured. The design is available for medium capacity accumulators. It depends on the maximum height of the bellow. The assessment of the design is, that this accumulator type promises adequate hydraulic capacity, is gas tight but costly in manufacturing.
Suzuki et al [Suzuki 2004] propose a new way to efficiently bleed air out of the hydraulic accumulator. This is accomplished by a specific liquid chamber and a separate inflow outflow channel pair. During an air bleeding operation to be carried out when the hydraulic accumulator is attached to the support member, the operating liquid flows into the liquid chamber from the liquid inflow port via the inflow passageway (see Fig.2. 11). Fluid is progressively accumulated in the liquid chamber until the liquid level reaches the liquidchamber-side end of the outflow passageway.
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Air within the liquid chamber is forced out toward the liquid outflow port via the outflow passageway. Further, air remaining in the upper portion within the liquid chamber is mixed in form of bubbles into the operating liquid flowing into the liquid chamber via the inflow passageway, and these bubbles, together with the operating liquid, flow out toward the liquid outflow port. Therefore, by the air bleeding operation in which an operating liquid is progressively supplied to the liquid inflow port of the hydraulic accumulator, air within the liquid chamber can be discharged to the outside of the liquid chamber, thus achieving the intended excellent air removal. The author of the thesis doubts the need for such a rather complicated air removal system. Under high pressure conditions and if several rapid fluid charging and discharging cycles occur air is removed quite quickly.
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Robert Mutschler [Mutschler1999] carries out analytical and experimental studies of metallic bellow accumulators. Arguing the well known shortcoming of the elastomer elements of conventional accumulators, namely gas diffusion and limited service life; metallic bellows are investigated as an alternative separator element (see Fig.2. 12).
[Senior Aerospace 2011] an accumulator manufacturing company - reports about their development of bellow accumulators. They study different types of bellow materials such as stainless steel, different metal alloys as titanium, and a carbon fibre material for high strength light weight, e.g. aerospace, applications.
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The product is completely maintenance and service free (absolutely no loss of gas charge), has higher reliability than bladder or piston types, long predictable life under crude operating conditions, has high corrosive resistance for chemical fluids, saves weight and cost by eliminating charging lines and valves, and has extreme temperature capabilities (see Fig.2. 13).
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2.3 Conclusions
All these researches address either new designs or new material or material compounds. The well known problem of gas diffusion with elastomer material is tried to be overcome by the use of metallic diaphragms or bellows, or special multilayered membranes combining different plastic or metal material. Multi-layers diaphragms promise gas tightness and can be integrated in the accumulator in a traditional way, but there is the risk of layer separation which tends to reduce its working life time. Metallic bellows type has a moderate capacity, is maintenance free, can be used with some chemical products if appropriately resistant steel grades are employed and has long life time; a major drawback of this type of separator element is the cost. In a few cases low temperature and resistance against wear or against some chemical fluids are addressed.
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3.1 Introduction
As already outlined in Section1.2, hydraulic systems may exhibit significant flow and pressure pulsation, the attenuation of which is one of the important functions of accumulators. The characteristic of such pulsation is strongly influenced by the dynamic properties of the hydraulic system. The accumulators dynamic properties do not define its attenuation performance in a specific application but it is always necessary to consider the whole systems dynamics. Hydraulic systems such as fuel pipelines of internal combustion engines, hydroelectric power plants, petroleum transmission lines, motivated researchers since long time to study fluid transmission line dynamic behaviour. One important aspects of this behaviour is known as water hammer, which is a significant pressure rise if a flow is strongly decelerated. Mathematical modelling and simulation are inevitable tools for a systematic analysis of a hydraulic systems dynamic behaviour. Of course, this is also true for the study of the accumulator dynamic performance. Different model types and model granularity can be selected for these purposes. Simple models have the advantage to need less information and less mathematical effort for their solution than more complex models which potentially can yield more accurate results, provided adequately precise system data are fed into these models. The purpose of modelling a hydraulic system in the context of accumulator design is to quickly assess new designs of the hydraulic accumulators with respect to the required performance, and to optimize design parameter configurations. What are the main performance criteria that are addressed by this design? The new accumulator design should be simple, need no maintenance, is as cheap as possible, is easy to integrate into the hydraulic system and, of course, has to dampen pulsation to a necessary extent. The accumulator is somehow connected to the source of excitations (e.g., a hydraulic pump, switching valves, ). This connector may influence the effect of the accumulator significantly.
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In this chapter, two types of hydraulic models are presented: discrete parameter models and distributed parameter models. To study how accumulator dynamics interacts with the transmission line dynamics a benchmark problem is defined.
performance of the accumulator system and that is desirable keeping this connection line very short for high operation frequencies. Incorporating this element in the model should reveal its influence. A possibility to connect the hydraulic accumulator to the hydraulic system is to use a hydraulic block manifold. This block could also contain the valve (the source of excitations). Such design not only rules out the vertical pipe but also the left pipe, hence is an optimal design with respect to the accumulator performance. But some sort of small flow channel is even present in the classical accumulator designs and also in the valves. Playing with the parameters of these pipe elements in the mathematical model can show how different designs influence the dynamics. The hydraulic accumulator model of this analysis allows addressing the intended new accumulator design with a metallic separator membrane and a special charging port realized by several small holes [Fig.3. 2].
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For the purpose of modelling this systems dynamic performance the following hydraulic elements are required.
3.2.2 Elements of the hydraulic system model 3.2.2.1 Linear hydraulic capacitance
A linear hydraulic capacity is given by a fluid filled cavity due to fluid compressibility and/or a flexible boundary. From the definition of the bulk modulus E of a fluid which is based on the assumption of a constant mass (M) system with initial (or reference volume) V0 which changes its volume by V and its pressure by p, the following compressibility relation results, see Fig.3.3. [Esposito 1988]
E fl =
p V fl
Vo
eq.3. 1
The bulk modulus E fl is a material property characterizing the compressibility of a fluid. It can be largely decreased by entrapped air bubbles. Assuming a state change with a constant mass M and the basic linear compressibility definition of eq. 3.1 the compressibility law relating density and pressure can be derived:
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V fl = p
(V V0 )0 = V V0 = 0 1 = p V0 0 E fl M E fl M M
E fl
eq.3. 2
0 p 0 p = 1 0 1 + ; = p E fl E fl 1
In case of a constant control volume of size V0 to which fluid flows in or out with a flow rate Q (positive inward) the compressibility law leads to a relation as shown below.
& p & & M = V0 = V0 0 = Q E fl V V Q & & & Q= p 0 0 p 0 p= E fl E fl CH
eq.3. 3
fl
& & & Where M , , p are the time derivatives of the mass, the density and the
pressure of the fluid. The formal equivalence with the state law of an electric capacitance motivates the definition of a hydraulic capacity C H fl
C H fl =
V0 E fl
eq.3. 4
One may work with the effective bulk modulus of the fluid which is a superposition of the compressibility of the hydraulic oil, air or gas bubbles and the pipes flexibility. If the applied hydraulic oil pressure is exceeds 100 bar air bubbles influence is negligible for usual air contents of hydraulic fluids. Fluid pressure excites a radial force on the pipe wall which due to pipe flexibility has effect on the effective bulk modulus of the system. For a thick wall pipe the volume change due to pipe expansion is [Murrenhoff 2005]
V pipe = p
2 V0 _ pipe 2 pipe (1 + ) + 3 (1 2 ) 2 Eel pipe 1
eq.3. 5
Vtotal = V pipel + V fl
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eq.3. 6
Taking into consideration that the nominal volume of the fluid is equal to the pipe inner volume V0 = V pipe and that the total volume change Vtotal considers fluid compressibility and pipe extension the corresponding effective bulk modulus E eff can be written as
Vtotal
eq.3. 7
eq.3. 8
eq.3. 9
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For typical flow situations in hydraulic transmission lines, the so called convective acceleration term can be neglected. A justification for this can be found in [Murrenhoff 2005]. With this cancelling of the convective term eq.3.10 simplifies to
a= Dv v 1 dQ = = Dt t A dt
eq.3. 11
Due to Newtons second law, the total pressure force applied on a fluid volume is equal to the inertia force
F = ma =V a F = AL a
eq.3. 12
By substituting the acceleration term from eq.3. 11 into eq.3. 12 one gets [Furesz 1988]
1 dQ F = L dQ F = AL dt A dt
eq.3. 13
The hydraulic force is the difference between the applied pressures p on the surface of a fluid volume
F = Ap p = F A
eq.3. 14
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3.2.2.3 Laminar, steady state flow resistance in a circular cross section pipe
When a flow passes through a pipe of circular cross section, there is a frictional (shear) force which resists the fluid motion. This action is dissipative and transfers hydraulic power to thermal energy. The shear force depends on the physical properties of the fluid and the size and the shape of the pipe [Murrenhoff 2005].
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In steady state, no fluid acceleration occurs, hence inertia forces are zero. The shear forces have to be balanced by pressure forces resulting from a pressure difference ( p ), see Fig.3. 5.
2 y L = ( p1 p2 ) y 2 = p y 2
eq.3. 18
For a Newtonian fluid the shear stress between fluid layers is proportional to the velocity gradient in the direction perpendicular to the layers
=
dv dy py dv = dy 2L v= py dy 0 2 L
r
vmax =
p r2 4L
eq.3. 19
In hydraulics, the flow rate Q is preferred over the flow velocity. Writing the friction pressure loss relation in terms of the flow rate reads
Q = 2 y dy v = p
0 r
r4 8 L
eq.3. 20
r4
This relation is well known as Poiseuilles law which applies only to Newtonian fluids and steady state flow.
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Pipe wall flexibility as well as nonlinear fluid compressibility due to entrapped gas bubbles are neglected. This model is an RLC circuit as it is well known in electrical engineering. An electrical RLC circuit is depicted in Fig.3. 7. The direct analogy to its hydraulic pendant is shown in Fig.3. 6. Electric-hydraulic analogy: The electric-hydraulic analogy has been addressed already in the derivation of the hydraulic capacitance and inductance. It will be employed also here to derive the state equations for a system comprising a combination of such elementary elements. This is done for the analogue electrical system first and can then be translated into the hydraulic notation. The electrical resistance, inductance, and capacitance equations are
v R ( t ) = R H i R (t )
eq.3. 24 eq.3. 25
v L (t ) = LH
diL (t ) dt
& iC ( t ) = vC ( t ) C H
eq.3. 26
vR,L,C are the voltages at the resistance, the inductance, and at the capacitance, and iR,L,C the respective currents. The combinations of the hydraulic and electric elements, respectively, to form the most elementary pipe element featuring resistive, inductive, and capacitive modelled are shown in Fig. 3.7 and Fig.3.8.
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From Kirchhoff's law, the sum of all the voltages around the closed loop is equal to zero.
vin ( t ) = v R ( t ) + v L ( t ) + vC ( t )
By substituting eq.3. 24, eq.3. 25 and eq.3. 26 in eq.3. 27, one gets
vin ( t ) = RH i( t ) + LH di( t ) 1 + i( t )dt dt CH
eq.3. 27
eq.3. 28
dvin ( t ) di( t ) i( t ) d 2 i( t ) = LH + RH + 2 dt CH dt dt
And eq.3. 29 can be further modified to
eq.3. 29
The electrical model (eq.3. 30) can be directly transferred into its hydraulic pendant
Qout ( t ) = C H dp in ( t ) dt + LH C H d 2 Qin ( t ) dt + RH C H dQin ( t ) dt + Qin ( t )
eq.3. 31
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eq.3. 32
The time domain model can be transformed to the frequency domain using Laplace transform [Tuma 1979]:
L{F (t)} = sf(s) - F(0), L{F (t)} = s 2 f(s) - sF(0)- F (0)
The transformation of eq.3. 31 into the frequency domain by Laplace transform gives
Qout = j C H Pin + 2 L H C H + j R H C H + 1 Qin
eq.3. 33
Where:
The inductance and the resistance relations of the hydraulic model in time domain are
eq.3. 34
eq.3. 35
eq.3. 36
eq.3. 37
The equations enable to obtain the following frequency domain equation, to describe the
output pressures (pout) Laplace transform Pout as function of the input quantities Pin , Qin .
Pout = Pin (RH + j LH ) Qin
eq.3. 38
Both eq.3. 33 and eq.3. 38 could be combined to one matrix equation, representing a SDOF (Single Degree Of Freedom) discrete frictional pipe model 42
Pout 1 = j C H Qout
( RH + j LH ) LH CH + j RH CH + 1
2
Pin Qin
eq.3. 39
For modelling a transmission line by two identical RLC elements connected in series, as Fig.3. 8 shows for the electric case, the LCR circuit must be applied twice and the corresponding matrix of the transmission line will be just the square of the matrix of one element: First element transmission matrix
Pout 1 1 = Qout 1 j C H
eq.3. 40
( R H + j L H ) L H C H + j R H C H + 1
2
Pin Qin
LH C H + j R H C H + 1
2
( R H + j L H )
Pout 1 Qout 1
eq.3. 41
2 ( R H + j L H ) Pin 2 LH C H + j RH C H + 1 Qin
eq.3. 42
Where: Pout 1 , Qout 1 : The Laplace transform of the outlet pressure and flow rate of the first
pipe which are also the inlet values of the second pipe respectively.
Pout 2 , Qout 2 : The Laplace transform of the outlet pressure and flow rate from the second
pipe, respectively. Of course, the whole pipe can be constituted of N identical RLC circuits (see Fig.3. 8), which results in the following transfer matrix
Pout 1 = Qout j C H
( R H + j L H ) 2 L H C H + j R H C H + 1
Pin Qin
eq.3. 43
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Fig.3. 8 The multi degrees of freedom discrete model of the transmission line represented by its equivalent electrical circuit
Qv ( t ) = Cd Av
Where:
Cd :
2( p1( t ) p2 ( t ))
eq.3. 44
the coefficient of discharge the discharge flow rate of the throttle valve the fluid pressure at both ports
Qv :
pi , i = 1,2 ,... :
To get a frequency domain model of the throttle the orifice equation must be linearized at a certain working point, i.e. a certain pressure Pav , see Fig.3. 9 The resulting frequency domain equation reads
1 Cd Av 2 ( ) p Qv = Pav 2
eq.3. 45
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eq.3. 46
and by linearization at a certain pressure Pk, see Fig.3. 10, one gets the linearized state equation of the gas spring:
dP ,K = n G PK
n +1 1 n P n Go
eq.3. 47
VGo
dVG
The gas volume change is related to the displacement of the separator element, which for modelling purposes is assumed to be a rigid disc. Its actual axial displacement is denoted by 45
y (see Fig.3. 11). If flexible membranes are employed the corresponding relations are more
complex. Since this model should just be a first order approximation of the separator elements influence on the accumulator dynamic response dynamics, this simple model of a rigid disk may be acceptable.
dVG = Aacc y
eq.3. 48 eq.3. 49
Qoil dt y=
Aacc
dPG ,K = n PK
n+1 n
eq.3. 50
PG 0 n
eq.3. 51
VG 0
Qoil dt
Separator element with inertia The separator element between the gas and the oil chambers (see Fig.3. 11) has some inertia which might have influence on the response dynamics, hence it is taken into consideration. The load of excitation is Poil Aacc .
Poil =
2 mdiaph d ( Qoil dt )
Aacc
dt 2
PK
n +1 1 n PG 0 n
VG 0
( Qoil dt )
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Poil
1 n +1 m diaph n PK n PG 0 n = j + 2 2 VG 0 Aacc
Qoil
eq.3. 54
Fig.3. 10 The linearization method for the relation pressure-volume of gas inside the accumulator.
Aacc : is the surface area of the separator element of the hydro-pneumatic accumulator
mdiaph : is the mass of the separator element of the hydro-pneumatic accumulator
The complete hydraulic system is composed by connecting these hydraulic model elements. This leads to a matrix type equation of the complete system.
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, A3 = 0 0 0 ,
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 , A4 = 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 - j C H2 B1 = 0 0 0 1
j L H 3 R H 3 0 0
- 2 L H3 C H3 + j R H3 C H3 + 1 B2 = 0 R H3 + j L H3
0 1 C d Av 2
Pav 0
-1 , 1 0
0 0 0 B3 = 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 B 4 = 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 - j C H3 C 1 = 0 0 0 0
- 2 L H3 C H3 + j .R H3 C H3 + 1 , 0 0
- (- 2 L H3 C H3 + j R H3 C H3 + 1) 0 0 0 1 C A , d v2 C2 = 0 0 0 C 3 = 2 Pav 2 0 0 0 0
1 1 - R H4 - jL H4
0 1 C d Av 2 2 Pav 2 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 L H4 C H4 + j R H4 C H4 + 1 - j C H4 0 0 0 , D 2 = 0 0 0 , , D1 = 0 0 D 3 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 D4 = 0 - A4 m 2 0 -1 1 n+1 2 - j n PK n P0 n A4 - 1 m V0
1 j A4 0
Where:
PA1 , Q A1
are the input pressure and the input flow rate amplitude of the first horizontal (upstream) pipe.
PE 1 , Q E 1
are the output pressure and flow rate of the first horizontal (upstream) pipe.
QA2
PE 2 , QE 2
are the output pressure and flow rate of the second horizontal (downstream) pipe.
PE 3 , QE 3
are the output pressure and flow rate of the vertical pipe or the pipe connecting the accumulator.
PA 4
PE 4 , QE 4
is the input pressure of the accumulator oil chamber. are the output pressure and flow rate of the accumulator oil chamber. is the diaphragm displacement inside the hydraulic accumulator. are the hydraulic resistances of the first, second horizontal pipe, the pipe connecting the accumulator and the oil chamber respectively.
R Hi , R H 2 , R H 3 , R H 4
C Hi , C H 2 , C H 3 , C H 4
are the hydraulic capacitances of the first, second horizontal pipe, the pipe connecting the accumulator and the oil chamber respectively.
L Hi , L H 2 , L H 3 , L H 4
are the hydraulic inductances of the first, second horizontal pipe, the pipe connecting the accumulator and the oil chamber respectively.
Av , Av 2
are the cross sectional areas of the output throttle valve and of the throttle valve located at the entrance of the accumulator.
A4
To demonstrate the effect of the accumulator on the systems pulsation dynamics also a model without an accumulator is established to compare the results of both cases. This 50
accumulator free model is just a series connection of two SDOF pipe elements as derived above. It is depicted in Fig.3. 13. By comparison with more refined continuous parameter models (see Section3.4) it turned out that a two SDOF pipe model, in other words a two degree of freedom model (2DOF), gives reasonable results in the frequency range of interest. The SDOF model, however, gives quite unsatisfactory results in the parameter range of interest. The discrete parameter model of the case of study is represented by a matrix equation:
PA1 P E 1 A1 Q E 1 = A3 PE 2 Q E 2 - (-R H1 - j L H1 + (-R H1 - j L H1 )(- 2 L H1 C H1 + j R H1 C H1 + 1))QA1 - (-j C H1 (-R H1 - j L H1 ) + (- 2 L H1 C H1 + j R H1 C H1 + 1) 2 )QA1 eq.3. 56 A2 . 0 A4 0 0
0 , 0
-1 0 1 C d Av 2 Pav
0 1 - 1
To obtain more accurate solutions in the case of study a 2DOF discrete parameter model is used instead of the SDOF model. The 2DOF discrete parameter model can be modelled in the following matrix in the frequency domain as:
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- (-j LH1 - RH1 + (-j LH1 - RH1 )(-LH1CH1 2 + j RH1CH1 + 1))QA1 PA1 P 2 2 - (-j CH1(-j LH1 - RH1 ) + (-LH1CH1 + j RH1CH1 + 1) )QA1 E1 QE 1 0 0 QA2 PE 2 A1 A2 A3 A4 0 0 QE 2 B1 B 2 B3 B4 . P = C1 C 2 C 3 C 4 0 E3 0 QE 3 D1 D2 D3 D4 P 0 A4 PE 4 0 0 QE 4 y 0
eq.3. 57
x is
Where: e B1 = -j C H2 - j C H2 .(-LH2 C H2 2 + j R H2 C H2 + 1)
f B1 = -R H3 - j LH3 + (-RH3 - j LH3 )(- 2 LH3 C H3 + j RH3 C H3 + 1)
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Fig.3. 13 The discrete parameter model of the case of study without the hydraulic accumulator in an equivalent electric depiction.
0 1 Cd Av 2 Pav 0
- 1 1 0
0 eC 1 C1 = 0 0 0 0
- j C H3 (-R H3 - j L H3 ) + (- 2 L H3 C H3 + j R H3 C H3 + 1) 2 0 0
j C H3 (-R H3 - j L H3 ) - (- 2 L H3 C H3 + j R H3 C H3 + 1) 2 C2 = 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 1 C A d v2 C3 = 2 Pav 2 0
1 1 f C3
0 1 C d Av 2
2 Pav 2 1 - j C H4 (-j L H4 - R H4
0 e D 3 D3 = 0 0 0 0
- j C H4 - j C H4 (-LH4 C H4 2 + j R H4 C H4 + 1) 0 0
Where: f D 4 =
n+1 1 n P n (1 j n PK 0
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4 2 u 2 u 1 u 1 v v p u u u + 2 + + u + v = + + + 2 x x r r r 3 x r r r t 3 x
and the momentum equation in the radial direction:
eq.3. 58
4 2 v 4 1 v 4 v 1 u v v p v v + u + v = + + + + r r x 3 r 2 3 r r 3 r 2 x 3 r x t
The continuity equation reads:
eq.3. 59
u v v + + + +u +v =0 t x r x r r
eq.3. 60
The above equations are non linear partial differential equations (PDE) for which only in special cases analytical solutions can be found. Therefore, several techniques for an approximate computation of the transient flow in the hydraulic system have been developed. D'Souza and Oldenburger [D'Souza 1964] derived transmission line models which considered also the viscosity and the compressibility of fluid passing through a circular cross-sectional pipe in the laminar case neglecting the elasticity of the hydraulic pipe walls. In 1972, Leonard and Goodson [Leonard 1972] developed a distributed parameter model in frequency domain. This viscous laminar model which gives sufficiently accurate results has a very compact representation in frequency domain [Manhartsgruber 2000] which in a matrix form representation reads:
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eq.3. 61
The meaning of the different variables and parameters are: The characteristic impedance
Z c ( j ) =
E eff
r2
J0 j J2 j
i r i . r
eq.3. 62
The characteristic impedance Zc according to eq.3. 62 is not a function of the pipe length as it was the case for the discrete parameter model, but it represents local impedance combined of a capacitance, inductance, and resistance of the pipe cross section. The propagation operator defined as
J0 j jL ( i ) = c J2 j j r j r
eq.3. 63
accounts for the propagation of the input pressure through the transmission line while the characteristic impedance controls the fluid flow [King 2006]. The two-port model eq.3. 61 can be brought into impedance, admittance, or mixed form, depending on the requirements. 1- The impedance form:
Z c ( j ) Z c ( j ) cosh( ( j )) Q ( j ) pin ( j ) sinh( ( j )) sinh( ( j )) in p ( j ) = Z c ( j ) Z ( j ) cosh( ( j )) Q ( j ) out out c sinh( ( j )) sinh( ( j ))
eq.3. 64
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eq.3. 65
eq.3. 66
eq.3. 67
These transfer function matrices of the transmission line method allow efficient computations or rather accurate solutions of pressure and the flow rate whether from the input or output port of the transmission line. It can be easily integrated to a large model of a hydraulic system, provided the other elements are linear and are transferred into frequency domain. Since this transmission line model is of distributed parameter type it is no surprise that it has infinitely many oscillations or modes.
eq.3. 68
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0 1 C d Av 2 Pav 0
- 1 1 , 0
- cosh( 3 ) 0 0 C2 = 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 D 2 = 0 0 0 , D3 = 1 Cd Av 2 0 0 0 2 Pav 2
0 A D 4 = - 4 2 m 0 1 0 0 i A4 n+1 1 - i n PK n P0 n m V0 0
0 0 , 1 C d Av 2 -1 2 Pav 2 0 0
- 1
A4 2
CH.
From the dynamic perspective the new accumulator should come reasonably close to this ideal situation. The purpose of this section and the models developed is to quantify the role of the other effects that may deteriorate the dynamic performance, in particular also the role of the main design parameters. These other effects can be called parasitic, since they are unwanted. They slip in due to design-, manufacturing-, material-, and assembly constraints. The accumulator design has to keep them as small as possible or, at least, within tolerable limits. The diverse results constitute a parameter study. A reference case is varied with respect to most of its parameters to analyze the sensitivity of the system with respect to these parameters. Hence, it also could be seen a sensitivity analysis. 61
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The nominal conditions are: The excitation frequency (f) Bulk modulus of the hydraulic oil (Efl) The kinematic oil viscosity at 40C () The all pipes diameters (d) The diameter of the accumulator (D) The length of the upstream pipe (the first horizontal tube) 170 mm (l1) The length of the downstream pipe (the second horizontal 1000 mm tube) (l2) The connecting accumulator pipe (the vertical pipe) 50 mm length (l3) The nominal accumulator volume (V0) The sound velocity in the hydraulic oil (c) The input flow rate excitation (QA1) The adiabatic exponent (n) The linearized pressure of the output throttle valve (Pav) The linearized pressure of the throttling at the 30 bar accumulator entrance (Pav2) The initial gas pressure of the accumulator gas chamber 5 bar (P0) The linearized gas pressure (PNenn) The oil density () 50 bar 850 kg/m3 0.25 l 1372 m/s 60 l/min 1.4 100 bar 100 Hz 1.6x109 N/m2 46x10-6 m2/s 15 mm 52 mm
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The steel density (st) The thickness of the separator The opening area of the output throttle valve (Av) in % of
the downstream pipe The opening area of the output throttle valve (Av2) in % of 70% the connecting pipe to the accumulator the gas volume (Vg) in % of the total accumulator volume 80%
As can be seen from several results below, the discrete parameter SDOF pipe model often has too low accuracy. Therefore, in addition, a two degrees of freedom discrete parameter pipe model is used for the four pipe elements in this parameter study. They give results quite similar to the distributed parameter model concerning maximum amplitudes but, of course, higher eigenfrequencies deviate significantly. The purposes of presenting results from four different pipe models is to find out of which order the significant pipe dynamics for the behaviour of the whole system with respect to the accumulator effect is; in other words, how many oscillation modes are significantly involved. The minimum dimension models reduce computational costs. This is particularly important, if such pipe models are part of a hydraulic system model with nonlinear effects, since then time domain modelling is required and the computational effort becomes significantly higher than for the frequency domain models of this analysis. The system behaviour and the accumulator dynamic performance, respectively, are assessed from the frequency response of pressure and flow rate signals at certain points. These are: the outlet pressure of the second horizontal (downstream) pipe ( PE 2 ) which, of course, is the main performance criterion together with the flow rate (QE2) there. See Fig.3. 12 and Fig.3. 14 for a schematic of the hydraulic system.
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Influence of membrane inertia This part of the parameter study should reveal the role of diaphragm inertia, or more generally, of the separating elements inertia on the dynamic performance of the accumulator. This should also provide an information basis for the design of the metal diaphragm by clarifying if its inertia is an issue at all and has to be considered as a design constraint or optimization criterion. In the results presented in Fig.3. 15 the metallic diaphragm with thickness 50m is compared with the normal elastomer diaphragm with 4 mm thickness to compare their dynamic responses. The pressure-frequency and flow rate-frequency responses of the distributed and the SDOF discrete parameter transmission line models for the normal and metallic diaphragm did not match properly because of the low accuracy as mentioned before in Section 3.2.3. Both, the distributed and the 2DOF discrete models have approximately the same amplitudes of pressures and flow rates at the first resonance. It can be concluded that the difference between the dynamic responses of a steel diaphragm with thickness of 50m and a NBR rubber diaphragm with 4mm thickness is negligible.
Influence of changing the accumulator charge gas pressure The accumulator charge gas pressure plays an important role in the hydraulic circuit. The standard system configuration with a small capacity accumulator of 0.25 l nominal volume and nominal charge gas pressure 5 bar is compared with the same accumulator volume with charge gas pressure 90 bar to study the accumulator effect on the hydraulic system performance. The results of both, the distributed and the 2DOF discrete parameter models, showed that the accumulator can well dampen the pressure pulsations, especially at higher frequencies (see Fig.3. 16). In this context it must be noted that gas filled accumulators have nonlinear characteristics; hence the eigenfrequencies influenced by the accumulator will shift with the mean gas pressure.
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Fig.3. 15 The comparison of the exit ports pressure and flow rate transfer function amplitudes for the normal elastomer diaphragm with thickness 4mm and the metallic one with thickness 50m.
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Influence of inlet throttling One of the common problems of an accumulator for its high frequency attenuation performance is the inlet throttling which resists the oil flow in and out the accumulator. This throttling problem is modelled as a linearized throttle valve. Throttling is parameterized by 67
the throttle cross section. In the subsequent figures this is quantified by a percentage of the inlet pipes cross sectional area. Discrete parameter model Distributed parameter model
Fig.3. 17 The influence of the throttling on the new accumulator design (A=70% means the orifice cross section is equal 70% of the connecting pipe cross sectional area, no orifice means there is no throttling at the entrance of the accumulator, A=0% means no accumulator connected to the hydraulic circuit)
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Fig.3. 17 and Fig.3. 18 show the influence of throttling the entrance of the accumulator. A throttling reduces the attenuation effect of the accumulator off the resonance areas but dampens the pulsation in the resonance zones. From these results of the distributed parameter model it can be concluded that a moderate throttling is not deteriorating the accumulator performance and is even helpful to reduce the resonance peaks. The results show also that the insertion of an accumulator with this configuration would probably improve the hydraulic system performance at high frequencies. Discrete parameter model (continue) Distributed parameter model (continue)
Fig.3. 18 The influence of the throttling on pressure and flow rate amplitudes at the accumulator input port.
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In the discrete parameter model with higher degrees of freedom the pressure and flow rates amplitudes are almost similar to the distributed parameter model at the first resonance frequency. In the discrete parameter model, there are significant variations in the pressure and flow rate amplitudes and that may result from the Poiseuille resistance model which accounts only for steady state friction. It yields lower resistance values than the distributed parameter model even at moderate frequencies and the more the higher the frequency. That can be clearly seen in the resonance peak height.
Influence of the hydraulic system on the accumulators attenuation performance studied by variations of lengths and diameters of the pipes of the hydraulic model. Variation of upstream pipe As shown in and Fig.3. 19 and Fig.3. 20, the upstream and downstream pipes lengths have a significant effect on the dynamic behaviour of the hydraulic system. Since transmission lines have their own dynamics with mostly little or moderate damping they may couple heavily with the dynamics of the other system elements. The important conclusion for system design aiming at low pulsation is that the system dynamics must be properly known, the accumulator must be included in the system model, there is hardly a chance to reduce pulsation amplitudes in a wide frequency range, and, hence, system tuning is a complex task. Already this simple system model shows, why the often primary expectations of some engineers in the industrial practice concerning the action of system modifications targeting pulsation attenuation, may be difficult to fulfil.
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Fig.3. 19 The influence of the first horizontal (upstream) pipe length on the hydraulic system.
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Fig.3. 20 The influence of the second (downstream) horizontal pipe length on the hydraulic system.
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The influence of the connection pipe length on the attenuation performance In Fig.3. 21, the discrete parameter models show relatively low influence of the connecting pipe length on the system behaviour in the low frequency range. However, the distributed parameter model clearly indicated that a longer connection line deteriorates the accumulator performance at higher frequencies. This difference between the discrete and distributed model results from the missing higher eigenfrequencies of the discrete models. Discrete parameter model Distributed parameter model
Fig.3. 21 The influence of the vertical pipe length on the hydraulic system.
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The influence of the pipe diameter In this analysis, the pipes diameters are the same for all pipes and are varied in steps as indicated in the figures. As shown in Fig.3. 22, the pressure and flow rate amplitudes of the distributed and the discrete are quite similar. By increasing the pipe diameter the pipe impedance Z = Eeff / r 2 decreases which intrinsically reduces the pressure pulsation. If a system is excited by a given flow rate pulsation, reducing this impedance will reduce pressure fluctuation throughout the system. The improvement goes inversely proportional with the pipe cross section area ( r 2 ). Discrete parameter model Distributed parameter model
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Fig.3. 24 The pressure contour plot for the closed pipe model with constant cross section.
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Fig.3. 27 The pressure contour plot of the case of study at frequency 1 Hz.
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Fig.3. 28 The acoustic velocities contour plot of the case of study at frequency 1 Hz.
Fig.3. 29 Half section model for the acoustic velocities contour plot and the velocity resultant vector at frequency 101 Hz
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Fig.3. 30 Half section model for the acoustic velocities contour plot and the velocity resultant vector at frequency 1000 Hz
Fig.3. 31 The output flow rate of the first horizontal (upstream) pipe frequency relation.
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Fig.3. 32 The input flow rate of the second horizontal (downstream) pipe frequency relation.
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Fig.3. 34 The input flow rate to the oil chamber frequency relation.
Fig.3. 35 The pressure at the end of the gas chamber frequency relation.
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3.6 Conclusions
The dynamic response results demonstrate that the two degrees of freedom (2DOF) discrete parameter pipe model gives reasonable results and quite similar to the distributed parameter model concerning maximum amplitudes and eigenfrequencies in the investigated frequency range. The 2DOF discrete models results do not match with the distributed parameter model at the high frequencies because of their low order that cannot represent higher order oscillation modes. The dimensions of the connection line have significant influence on the attenuation performance of the accumulator system. The influence of the diaphragm inertia is negligible compared with the oil inductivity in the hydraulic system. The distributed parameter model shows that throttling the accumulator entrance more than 50% relative to the reference case resists the flow to enter in or withdraw from the accumulator and creates a slight pressure drop. The one dimensional transmission line models of Leonard compare very well with the 3D FE modelling techniques in the investigated frequency range.
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In this Section different new accumulator concepts are evaluated with respect to their dynamical and strength performance employing Finite Element techniques.
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The cap accumulator is a new hydraulic accumulator concept promising fast response. It is similar to the normal diaphragm accumulator concerning its basic design. This accumulator consists of oil and gas chambers separated with a metallic diaphragm. The upper and the lower housings have special shapes to reduce the stresses acting on the metallic diaphragm to achieve long working life, see Fig.4. 1. The lower part has central cylindrical bores instead of a normal hydraulic inlet port (similar to the concepts proposed by [Mayer 1976] and [Onishi 2000]) in the diaphragm accumulator to let the fluid enter or leave the accumulator; the reason of these many small bores is to prevent the metallic diaphragm from excessive load in absence of a hydraulic pressure. The cap accumulator design is numerically simulated using FEM models to obtain the hydraulic performance and the diaphragm stress-displacement behaviour.
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function is to prevent the diaphragm to withdraw outside the accumulator from the hydraulic port when the oil pressure is eliminated (see Fig.4. 4). The study concentrates on ultimately thin (thicknesses in the range 20-50m) membranes of high strength steel. Such material is offered by special steel manufacturers.
Fig.4. 1 A-Exploded view of the cap accumulator; B - sectional view of the cap accumulator assembly.
Sandvik offers its 11R51, EN 1.4310 austenitic stainless steel with down to 20 m thickness. It has high fatigue strength properties and corrosion resistance, (ultimate strength: 87
2050 MPa, yield strength: 1975 MPa). These properties are bound to cold rolled condition with only 0.5% elongation: Of course, in this state it can hardly be formed to the desired shape. Sandvik experts recommended 12R11, an AISI (301) Austenitic stainless steel material which is in soft state with a minimum ultimate strength of 800 MPa, good corrosion resistance and good spring properties. The minimum available thickness of this material is 50m. Simulations of the diaphragm are run with thicknesses 20m and 50m. The optimality criterion of is to realize a diaphragm which can resist highest deformation (displacement volume) without exceeding allowable stress limits.
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buckling phenomena into play. Both effects, the low bending stiffness and the tendency to buckling, make the numerical simulation of large deformations of such membrane like structures a formidable task. To avoid numerical problems with buckling Abaqus offers an arc-length method (see Fig.4. 3), designated Riks-Wempner method. This method helps to overcome limit points, i.e. local extremes of the deformation load path as shown in Fig.4.2. [ANSYS 2009].
But of course, it cannot avoid convergence problems resulting from a real bifurcation point where more than one solution paths meet at one point in the load deformation space.
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Technically, the occurrence of wrinkled states is strongly undesirable because such states cause strong bending stresses which most likely deteriorates lifetime significantly. Unfortunately, many diaphragm variants seemingly show such buckling behaviour. In these cases Abaqus was unable to compute a full deflection path, but stopped at some point with the message that negative eigenvalues occurred. Even though such an error message is no full proof of such bifurcation, it is at least a strong hint. Technically, such bifurcation to some wrinkled state is absolutely undesirable. Hence, the occurrence of such a computational problem in Abaqus was considered a reason to disqualify a certain diaphragm variant.
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Fig.4. 4 The construction of the diaphragm with cosine shape connected with piston
Fig.4. 5 The stress contour plot of the diaphragm with cosine shape.
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Fig.4. 6 The displacement contour plot of the diaphragm with cosine shape.
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Fig.4. 8 The stress contour plot of the diaphragm with positive curvature shape.
Fig.4. 9 The displacement contour plot of the diaphragm with positive curvature shape.
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Alternatively, a shallow diaphragm with same depth but negative curvature of same radius as before was investigated (see Fig.4. 10). The idea was to obtain higher accumulator capacity. Results are shown in Fig.4. 11 and Fig.4. 12. The deformation of the diaphragm is able to attend 10mm height. This design has a higher volumetric capacity but has also higher stresses which exceed even the ultimate strength of the ultimate material (Sandviks 11R51).
Fig.4. 11 The stress contour plot of the diaphragm with negative curvature shape.
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Fig.4. 12 The displacement contour plot of the diaphragm with negative curvature shape.
The next attempt to achieve higher accumulator capacity with lower stress values is to combine positive and negative curvature zones with a cone according to Fig.4. 13. The depth is 11 mm and the positive and negative radii are 95mm each. The results of the Abaqus computation as given for an intermediate deformation are shown in Fig.4. 15 and Fig.4. 16, show a kink in the cone shape with excessive stresses. Throughout the whole deformation history the deformed diaphragm is composed of an outer inverted part and an inner undeformed part both connected by the sharp kink mentioned before with the very high bending curvature leading to the high bending stresses. This kink starts at the outermost radius and progresses inwards with ongoing deformation. Fig.4. 14 sketches this deformation history. This design is unfeasible because of the much too high stresses.
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Fig.4. 15 The stress contour plot of the diaphragm with positive-cone-negative curvature shape.
Fig.4. 16 The displacement contour plot of the diaphragm with positive-cone-negative curvature shape.
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A next version directly connects a positively and negatively curved shell. The positive curvature radius is 110mm. The negative one was optimized by several simulation runs aiming to minimise max stress. The optimal ratio is
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Fig.4. 18The stress contour plot of the shallow diaphragm shape with positive -negative curvature.
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Fig.4. 19 The displacement contour plot of the shallow diaphragm shape with positive -negative curvature.
A fourth diaphragm variant is equipped with three circumferential grooves with 2 mm radius and 0.1 mm depth. These grooves are expected to add flexibility to allow for high deflection without excessive stresses. The diaphragm has total depth of 4 mm, see Fig.4. 20. The FE computation of this design encountered stability problems (Abaqus reported negative eigenvalues). It is unlikely that the solutions bifurcating from the axisymmetric solution constitute some wrinkled state since the grooves tend to enforce an axisymmetric state. However, a different axisymmetric solution might bifurcate. The computed stresses are moderate (see Fig.4. 21). But since such transition to a different state which cannot be assessed properly due to computational problems constitutes an uncertainty this solution is not considered further.
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Fig.4. 21 The stress contour plot of the shallow diaphragm with grooves
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Fig.4. 22 The displacement contour plot of the shallow diaphragm with grooves.
A further design aiming at fewer parts replaces the piston which supports the diaphragm at the inlet port against the gas filling pressure when no oil is present. The lower housings port consists of several small bores (2 mm diameter). The diaphragm cap is strengthened with dimples placed at bores. In this way the thin diaphragm can resist the gas filling pressure. The basic diaphragm shape is similar to the positive-negative curvature with the radius
Rnegative = 8 % , see Fig.4. 23. ratio r = R positive The computation of the deformation with Abaqus worked without any problems. The diaphragm deforms axisymmetrically until it reaches its inverse shape at the upper limit without kinks. No instability was encountered (see Fig.4. 25). The stress levels are well below the material yield strength (see Fig.4. 24). The nonlinearity behaviour of the diaphragm cap due to the large deformation using the arc length method is shown in Fig.4. 26. The load displacement curve in Fig.4. 26 shows that the maximum difference pressure which the diaphragm needs to get deformed is only 4% of the nominal pressure which was set in the Abaqus FE model. Since this nominal pressure was 10 bar, the required pressure is only 0.4 bar.
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Fig.4. 23 The final shape of the diaphragm and the accumulator lower housing.
Fig.4. 24 The stress contour plot of the final shape of the diaphragm using Arc length method.
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Fig.4. 25 The displacement contour plot of the final shape of the diaphragm using Arc length method.
Fig.4. 26 The load proportionality factor-displacement ratio relation of the final shape of the diaphragm.
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The dimples in the cap have to resist the gas filling pressure to exit from the oil bores of the lower housing when no oil pressure is present. The corresponding strength problem is also investigated by an Abaqus model. The applied gas pressure is 20 bar. This is modelled by Abaqus contact elements without friction. This non-linear contact problem is simulated using the arc-length method to avoid convergence problems. The results showed that the stress levels in the diaphragms dimples are less than the yield stress of the proposed high strength material. The dimples strengthen the diaphragm. The regions around the outer dimples show higher stresses (see Fig.4. 27) due to some complex deformation: these zones are pulled into the direction of the dimples caused by the membrane stresses in the dimples.
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Fig.4. 30the output flow rate of the oil chamber cap accumulator frequency relation.
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The coupled acoustic structural model has slightly more damping at the resonance frequency than the ideal model and there is also a small frequency shift between the two models due to the diaphragms inertia and elastic forces. The pressure and acoustic velocity amplitudes of the gas and oil chamber of the ideal cap accumulator are shown in Fig.4. 32 to Fig.4. 35 for a frequency of 101 Hz. This frequency was selected because significant pressure variations in the nitrogen volume (gas chamber) occur. The oil and the gas pressure amplitudes at the contact surface have the same values at the oil chamber and gas chamber side, see Fig.4. 34 and Fig.4. 32. This physically obvious fact just indicates that the modelling technique in Abaqus employing master and slave nodes worked properly. The resultant acoustic velocities in the oil bores have slightly different amplitudes and different directions where the bores enter the accumulator oil chamber (see Fig.4. 36). The reason of this is the different geometrical situations of the oil and gas chamber zones above each bore. The outer bores flows have also to supply the small wedge shaped oil and gas areas in the outer radial areas, the centre bores flow is heading mainly in axial direction.
Fig.4. 32 The pressure contour plot of the ideal cap accumulator gas chamber at frequency 101Hz.
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Fig.4. 33 The acoustic velocity magnitude contour plot plot of the ideal cap accumulator in the gas chamber at 101Hz.
Fig.4. 34 The pressure contour plot plot of the ideal cap accumulator in the oil chamber at 101Hz.
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Fig.4. 35 The acoustic velocity magnitude contour plot plot of the ideal cap accumulator in the oil chamber at 101Hz.
Fig.4. 36 The acoustic velocity resultant vector of the whole accumulator half section at 101 Hz.
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From resonance peaks shown in some of the previous results one can conclude, that the diaphragm cap accumulator has Helmholtz resonator properties with a resonance frequency of 425 Hz. To raise this resonance frequency the diameter of the oil bores or their number should be enlarged to reduce their total hydraulic inductance but that makes the diaphragm stiffer and decreases its life time. The diaphragm inertia has no measurable influence on the accumulator performance.
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Metal bellows are cylindrical vessels which consist of numerous annular shells with special contour. The lower end of the metallic bellows is fixed with the accumulator lower housing, while its upper end is attached to the piston, see Fig.4. 37. When the oil enters the oil chamber it forces the piston to move upwards against the gas chamber. The metal bellows accumulator has the advantages of being absolutely gas tight and of avoiding friction between its working parts. The metal bellows are formed by pressing or hydro-forming processes. Metal bellows have a low spring rate compared with the gas stiffness. The metallic bellows can be produced from different kind of alloys depending on the hydraulic applications, for instance, of stainless steel or brass, the latter having higher chemical resistance.
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Fig.4. 40 The stress contour plot plot of the first round-weld bellows type.
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Fig.4. 41 The stress contour plot of the second round-weld bellows type.
The results showed that the round-weld bellow type, version II has lowest stresses. It must be noted that the simulation did not consider the stress raising (residual stresses) and strength reducing effects of welding. Both would shorten its fatigue life. Therefore, the combined round-weld bellows types are proposed to avoid the last problem. Furthermore, roundweld bellow types have smaller stresses than the weld bellow type (see Fig.4. 38 until Fig.4. 41). They also might have the advantage of much lower production costs, since the welding process is definitely very costly. The author performed some acoustic analysis of the bellows accumulator. But the results are not presented in this thesis because this accumulator was not considered for further development since the industrial company HYDAC has already developed such an accumulator.
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Conclusions
The acoustic and the dynamic response results of a steel diaphragm with thickness of 50m prove that the influence of the diaphragm inertia is negligible. To increase the first resonance frequency (425 Hz), the oil bores diameters should be enlarged but then the diaphragm becomes stiffer and the diaphragms working life time is most likely reduced. The acoustic analysis of the cap accumulator showed also the resultant velocity vectors coming into the oil chamber are quite the same for all the oil bores even though the inner accumulator geometry is complex. The stress and displacement analysis of the diaphragm cap accumulator using Abaqus CAE showed that the diaphragm performs axisymmetric deformations until it reaches its inverse shape at the upper limit without any kink or instability problem and that the stresses are below the material yield strength. The FE analysis of the diaphragm dimples - lower housing contact region showed that the stress levels in the diaphragms dimples are less than the yield strength of the proposed high strength material. The FE results of the combined round-weld bellows types have the advantage of low stress values. It could be used instead of the weld bellows type in the bellows accumulator to avoid the strength reducing effects of welding.
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The prototypal design is not adequate for series production. In the experimental testing various trials and modifications had to be expected to finally achieve a reasonable realization. Of course, for the cap accumulator the diaphragm is the critical component, because of its ultimate thinness, the high stresses, the high strength material properties and the hydroforming process. Particularly the latter was expected to be a particular challenge, since experts of two companies (Kleiner Stanztechnik in Pforzheim, Mr. Grokopf, visited at 4th April 2010, and Haerter in Koenigsbach-Stein (Baden-Wuerttemberg), Mr. Kaupert, visited at 20th April 2010) with a high expertise in stamping technology judged hydroforming of this diaphragm to be not promising. To enable frequent replacements of the diaphragm a detachable connection of upper and lower housing is necessary. It was decided to select a screw fastening since this allows creating high clamping forces to the diaphragm. To save costs, the upper and lower housing parts should also serve the hydroforming process to a large extent. The lower housing is divided into two parts: the intermediate part and lower housing. The reason of this arrangement is to avoid twisting the diaphragm during the accumulator assembly when both parts are screwed together. The intermediate part is fixed with 4 pins to prevent the rotary motion of the part during the accumulator assembly and to maintain the diaphragm in the right position (see Fig.5. 1). The lower housing has the same contour as the diaphragm while the upper housing has the inverse shape of the diaphragm to limit its deformation when high hydraulic pressures are occurring. 116
The lower housing has conical inlet bore to reduce flow losses. The upper housing can be provided with an outer thread to insert it into a hydraulic block.
From the material selections viewpoint the selected material must allow to be produced as such very thin sheet (some tenths of microns) in an economic way. According to the todays available manufacturing technologies this means that this material must be formable, since only forming techniques allow such a production at low cost.
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stainless steel material with excellent spring properties that in most cases fulfill demands on corrosion resistance, mechanical strength and fatigue resistance [Sandvik 2011].
Other important requirements are: allow heat treatment for increasing its strength, if forming has to be done at soft (annealed) state. be weldable to fix the diaphragm with the accumulator housing and, possibly, to make it gas proof. Not many vendors provide such material currently. One is Sandvik with its 12R11 (DIN 1.4310 or AISI 301). This is an austenitic stainless steel material which gets closest to the above material requirements. It has excellent spring properties and it is available in thicknesses down to 20 m. 12R11 is actually a base grade for a whole family of ultimate strength steels. The other grades of this family can be obtained by further treatment of 12R11. Treatment reaches from annealing, over hardening to cold rolling. 12R11 has relatively low ultimate strength of 800 MPa, but has sufficient elongation for the forming of the required diaphragm shape. With annealing ultimate strength can be increased up to 1900 MPa. The yield strength of this material family is generally 85% of the ultimate stress. Such yield stresses are higher than the maximum stresses found in the stress analysis of the diaphragm in Section 4.2.1. thickness. The highest ultimate strength (2350 MPa) of this family has 11R51. This steel grade is basically obtained from 12R11 by cold rolling and tempering at 425C /4 h. 11R51 has also superior qualities with respect to fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance. The tensile strength of both steel grades is shown in Table 5.1. The usage of 11R51 for the diaphragm requires a complex forming process. 11R51 in its final state has too low ductility to allow a hydroforming or stamping. On the other hand, the already hydroformed diaphragm of soft 11R51 cannot be further formed to obtain the high strength properties since this would change its geometry. Thus, the only way to get a high strength 11R51 final diaphragm is to apply a very sophisticated forming process which provides both, the right amount of forming to get the wanted strength properties and the right shape. Unfortunately, nothing can be found on the endurance limit for 50m
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5.3.2 Hydroforming
Sheet hydroforming is widely applied in the field of sheet metal forming. The hydroforming process is an alternative to the stamping process where either punch or the die is replaced by hydraulic medium, which generates the pressure and forms the required part [Palaniswamy 2007]. Sheet hydroforming is classified into two types SHF-P and SHF-D: In Sheet Hydroforming with Punch (SHF-P), the hydraulic fluid replaces the punch while in the Sheet Hydroforming with Die (SHF-D), the hydraulic fluid replaces the die (see Fig.5. 3). In SHF-P and SHF-D, the quality of a formed part is determined by the amount of material drawn into the die cavity during the forming process which is controlled by the applied blank holder force. Absence of either punch or the die in the hydroforming process reduces the tooling cost. Similar to the multiple stages stamping process, the formed part in SHF-P and SHF-D process is subject to sequence forming operations to obtain the final part geometry. Typical tools for sheet hydroforming consist of a punch or die, blank holders and a pressure chamber [Palaniswamy 2007]. Sheet hydroforming has also other advantages as increased drawing ratio, better surface quality, less spring back, minimizing thickness variations of the products, and reduced tooling costs, especially for nonsymmetrical components that lead to possibility of manufacturing complex sheet metal shape with low tooling effort.
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5.4.1 Simulation of stamping process 5.4.1.1 Finite element model of the stamping process
The full model of the diaphragm and the stamping tools are simulated using Abaqus CAE. The finite element models for punch, die, and blank holder are constructed as deformable models and can be also simulated as rigid models to save calculation time. The simulation process runs in sequential steps to study the springback effect and the residual stress in the formed diaphragm. Starting with the clamping step where the blank is clamped with the upper and lower holder blanks, the stamping step where the punch forces the blank to form into the stamping die; in this step the Riks method with nonlinear behaviour is applied, removing the punch step where the punch is returned to its initial position, and finally with the de-clamping step where the clamping force is released. The high strength stainless steel material properties (Sandvik 12R11) with 50m thickness are used in Abaqus material definition module.
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In the material plastic region, the work hardening phenomenon is described by Hollomon's equation = K [Wiki2 2011] p Where:
Stress (MPa) 1275 (yield strength) 1397.3 1440.9 1473.2 1500 (the ultimate strength)
The stress value of the proportional limit is set as 1275 MPa and the ultimate strength is 1500 MPa at a strain of up to 20%. The blank upper part is fixed with the clamping holders in all spatial directions. The blank is modeled by shell elements type S3 and S4R, in total 2759 elements. This is a relatively coarse mesh for this analysis. However, since the main interest in this case is to study the possibility to form the diaphragm in principle and to obtain the necessary clamping to prevent the membrane from slip during the forming process such a coarse mesh is acceptable.
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In the simulation of the stamping, the mechanical interactions between surfaces of the punch and the blank, and the surfaces of the blank and the die are modeled as frictional contact with coefficient 0.25.
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Fig.5. 4 The stress and the displacement contour plots of the stamping simulation.
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Fig.5. 5 The stress and the displacement contour plots of the hydroforming simulation.
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Springback effect Springback is a defect occurring in nearly all sheet-metal forming processes; the material has a tendency to partially return to its original shape because of the elastic recovery of the material. This effect is influenced not only by the yield strength and the hardening, but also by thickness, bend radius and bend angle. [Spring 2011] In the application of the new accumulator design, the diaphragm material is of high strength steel alloy which has high springback after the forming process. FE simulations are used to predict the springback in the diaphragm after forming to investigate the possibility to compensate the springback in the die design. In Fig.5. 7, the simulation results show that the springback reaches 28% at the complex geometry of the dimples area. The residual stresses after the forming process in the diaphragm material reach 437 MPa at the edges of the dimples. This may be less a problem in reality, since the dimple boundaries are filleted which reduces the strains there. In the simulation it was not possible to model these fillets because this would have increased the mesh size to levels beyond the capacity of the used computer. 126
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For the testing of some performance criteria of the new accumulator design a test rig had to be established. The test rig which is shown in Fig.5. 12 consists of: - Variable displacement pump which is working in a pressure control mode; the desired pressure could be remotely adjusted - Directional control valve (Hoerbiger MSV 32) is a direct solenoid actuated 3/2 poppet valve. It has a flow capacity of 10 l/min at pressure loss of 23 bar and a maximum operating pressure of 350 bar. - The oil used in the test rig is a Shell Tellus Oil S 32. This is a highly refined oil with a density of 872 kg/m3 at 15C and a kinematic viscosity of 32 mm2/s at 40C. - Oil pressure sensor which is mounted at the entrance of the accumulator oil chamber to monitor the oil pressure - Gas pressure sensor which is fixed at the gas charging point to indicate the gas pressure in the accumulator gas chamber. Both oil and gas pressure sensors are PDCR 129
4060. PDCR 4060 pressure sensor is based on micro-machined silicon diaphragm technology with sensitivity 0.027 MPa and with accuracy 0.04%, the sensor pressure range is from 70 mbar to 70 bar.
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Fig.5. 11 The radial force at each node of the diaphragm upper part.
Graduated glass with sub-scale 1 cm3 to measure the quantity of the oil stored in the accumulator.
The power supply can deliver hydraulic oil within the pressure range 20 to more than 200 bar and to obtain fluid pressure less than the minimum pressure limit a throttle valve is used in the hydraulic circuit.
1. static tests of the accumulator volumetric stiffness (capacitance) and 2. fatigue tests Before starting a test, the hydraulic circuit is flushed to expel most of the air bubbles from the hydraulic fluid in order not to falsify the results by this entrapped air. The accumulator is pre-charged with nitrogen at 20 bar pressure. All the experimental works was done using the diaphragm made of soft state material (Sandvik 12R11).
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In this test, the accumulator is evaluated with respect to its static capacity. The capacity stems from gas compressibility and is represented by pressure volume diagram. The behaviour of gas spring accumulators is usually limited by the two extremes: isothermal and adiabatic behaviour. The whole test is carried out in several cycles. When the directional control valve (7) is switched on and the handle valve (6) is closed, the fluid flows from the pump to the accumulator (2) until the pressure in the system reaches the set values of the pump pressure control system. When the directional control valve is switched off and the handle valve (6) is opened the oil stored in the accumulator in the previous filling phase is expelled to the graduated glass. Here the amount of oil stored by the accumulator for the given system pressure can be measured. This cycle is repeated for different system pressure values. Each pressure amount of stored oil volume is entered in a pressure volume diagram. To average out some measurement errors 10 measurement cycles are done for each system pressure level. The obtained values in the gas volume pressure diagram are shown in Fig.5. 13. They are between the calculated adiabatic and isothermal curves of an ideal accumulator of this volume size. The values are obviously considerably scattered. This has the following reasons: 1. The pump pressure control was not very accurate. The final pressure was corrected by adjusting the set point of the pump pressure control system until the oil pressure measured in the experimental set-up at the pressure sensor (3) was fluctuating around the desired value. This actual fluctuation causes some scattering. 2. The measurement of the stored amount of oil is also subject to some errors. The oil surface exhibits a considerable meniscus which makes an exact reading of the effective height of the fluid in the graduated glass impossible. The sub-scale of the graduation was 1 cm3 and this can be also guessed as accuracy limit of the reading. A further inaccuracy may result from the emptying of the glass after each measurement series. The high oil viscosity makes this a very retarded process which does not come to a well defined end in reasonable time. Thus, the amount of remaining liquid at the glass bottom may have differed from case to case.
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5.7. Conclusions
The experimental work of the cap accumulator brought up a further problem of such ultimately thin diaphragms: they are very sensitive to chips or solid particles when such are placed between lower housing and the diaphragm when there is no oil pressure. These particles are impressed into the diaphragm by the gas pressure. The resulting dimples reduce the diaphragm flexibility which in turn means higher stresses when the diaphragm gets deformed. Therefore, before assembling the accumulator every part should be cleaned to prevent any such particles and the oil should be well filtered. The hydroforming process has low accuracy to form a complicated geometry and needs high pressures to form the sharp corners (see the relation between the hydroform pressure and the nodal displacement at some points of the diaphragm Fig.5. 6). The most important measure for a proper hydroforming process is a sufficient clamping force to avoid the diaphragm slipping into the die. The springback of the high strength steel material must be taken into account. It can be investigated by FE simulations prior to manufacturing to save costly experimental trial and
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error procedures. At some regions of the diaphragm under study the computed springback values reach 28% as presented in section 5.4.1.3. The material selection and its heat treatment possibility are the basic steps before FE investigation and accumulator manufacturing. Sandvik 12R11 has good ability for forming but it has only moderate strength. Therefore, it cannot replace Sandvik 11R51 for this extreme application. Sandvik 11R51 could be the right material to be utilized as a diaphragm due to its fatigue properties but it has only 0.5% elongation limit which does not allow its forming. Unfortunately, there is no way to upgrade Sandvik 12R11 after forming the requested shape to obtain 11R51, since this is only possible with a cold forming process which inevitably changes shape. The only way would be, to use one cold forming process to get both, the intended final shape and the required stretching of the material to get 11R51 strength properties from the 12R11 blank. In the tested design no O-ring between diaphragm and upper housing was placed. Nevertheless, the gas chamber was tight. This is a promising result indicating the possibility of achieving a fully gas proof accumulator just with metal components and without any elastomer sealing element. The throttling region in the accumulator intermediate part is not deteriorating the accumulator performance as expected before the manufacturing process.
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PERSONAL DATA Name: Mohamed Mohamed Ez ElDin Date of Birth: 02. September 1977 Born in Cairo, Egypt Email: mohamedezeldin@hotmail.com
EDUCATION 1996-2000 BSc in Automotive and Tractors Department in the Faculty of Engineering at Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt 1996 1997 Mechanical drawing course Production processes course
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EMPLOYMENT October 2000- Mai 2005 Demonstrator in Automotive and Tractors Department in the Faculty of Engineering at Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt September 2005 October 2007 Assistant lecturer at the same university 2000-2007 Assistant-Supervisor for several bachelor graduated projects in automotive field such as hybrid and electric vehicles, suspension, front and 4 wheels steering, engine dynamic performance, brake systems and automatic transmissions, electronic ignition. 2004-2005 Teaching several courses in automotive field for 143
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A.2.1 Abaqus input files
A.2.1.1 Abaqus input file for acoustic analysis of closed straight pipe model
*Heading ** Job name: Acoustic analysis of closed straight pipe model with 180mm length and 52mm diameter of Section 3.5.1.1 ** Generated by: Abaqus/CAE Version 6.8-1 *Preprint, echo=NO, model=NO, history=NO, contact=NO ** PARTS *Part, name=oil **Define the nodes coordinates of the mesh *Node 1, 0.0251140706, -0.0140000004, 0.00672929501 2, 0.0225166604, -0.0140000004, 0.0130000003 3, 0.018384777, -0.0140000004, 0.018384777 ... 2239, 0.00719966646, 0.165999994, -0.0015414753 2240, -0.00177428278, 0.165999994, -0.000468688464 2241, -0.00143424107, 0.165999994, 0.00376663706 **Define the mesh element type: Acoustic 3D element with 8 nodes used to model wave propagation *Element, type=AC3D8 1, 7, 6, 28, 71, 90, 89, 111, 154 2, 26, 5, 4, 25, 109, 88, 87, 108 1818, 2151, 2154, 2126, 2123, 2234, 2237, 2209, 2206 1819, 2135, 2130, 2129, 2153, 2218, 2213, 2212, 2236 1820, 2157, 2138, 2137, 2158, 2240, 2221, 2220, 2241 **Define node set and element sets *Nset, nset=Set2, internal, generate 1, 2241, 1 *Elset, elset=Set2, internal, generate 1, 1820, 1 *Nset, nset=pressure_inlet, generate 1, 83, 1 *Elset, elset=pressure_inlet, generate 1, 70, 1 **Define section properties as a homogeneous solid section and its material properties ** Section: oil *Solid Section, elset=Set2, material=oil *End Part ** ASSEMBLY *Assembly, name=Assembly *Instance, name=oil-1, part=oil *End Instance **Define the node and element sets of the boundary conditions and the viscous boundary layers *Nset, nset=Set10, internal, instance=oil-1, generate 1, 83, 1 *Elset, elset=Set10, internal, instance=oil-1, generate 1, 70, 1 *Surface, type=ELEMENT, name=_PickedSurf8, internal __PickedSurf8_S2, S2 __PickedSurf8_S3, S3 __PickedSurf8_S4, S4
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__PickedSurf8_S6, S6 __PickedSurf8_S5, S5 *End Assembly ** MATERIALS **Define the hydraulic oil properties as its density and Bulk modulus *Material, name=oil *Acoustic Medium 1.6e+09, *Density 850., ** INTERACTION PROPERTIES **Define the acoustic boundary conditions by which the viscous boundary layer is modelled ** State the oil admittance values **The first column is the values of the real part 1/cf **The second column is the values of the imaginary part 1/kf **The third column is the frequency *Impedance Property, name=admittance_oil 1.2e-12, 7.51e-12, 1. 1.69e-13, 5.31e-11, 50. 2.42e-14, 3.72e-10, 2450. 2.39e-14, 3.76e-10, 2500. ** PHYSICAL CONSTANTS *Acoustic Wave Formulation ** STEP: acoustic *Step, name=acoustic, perturbation *Steady State Dynamics, direct, frequency scale=LINEAR, friction damping=NO 1., 2500., 250, 1. ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS **Define the oil pressure amplitude 50 bar (the real part) ** Name: p_in Type: Acoustic pressure *Boundary, load case=1 Set10, 8, 8, 5e+06 *Boundary, load case=2 Set10, 8, 8 ** INTERACTIONS ** Interaction: oil *Simpedance, property=admittance_oil _PickedSurf8 ** OUTPUT REQUESTS ** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 **Define the desired output: the pressure And the acoustic velocity *Output, field *Node Output POR, *Element Output, directions=YES ACV, ** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1 *Output, history, variable=PRESELECT *End Step
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*Node 1, 0.0253160819, 0., 0.00592419133 2, 0.02234881, 0., 0.0132864853 ... 35531, 0.00720497966, 0.0920000002, -0.0017008516 35532, 0.00240557059, 0.0920000002, 0.00116190163 *Element, type=AC3D8 1, 145, 97, 36, 35, 901, 853, 792, 791 2, 99, 642, 39, 38, 855, 1398, 795, 794 ... 32843, 34613, 34605, 34628, 34596, 35369, 35361, 35384, 35352 32844, 34539, 34774, 34770, 34769, 35295, 35530, 35526, 35525 *Nset, nset=Set6, internal, generate 1, 35532, 1 *Elset, elset=Set6, internal, generate 1, 32844, 1 ** Section: Nitrogen gas *Solid Section, elset=Set6, material=gas *End Part *Part, name=oil *Node 1, 0.407499999, 0.0149999997, 0. 2, 0.407499999, 0.0679999962, 0. ... 60622, 0.414498657, -0.00492892321, 0.00289387745 60623, 0.398189098, -0.00194143027, 0.00588307763 *Element, type=AC3D8 1, 1000, 1, 12, 961, 17650, 35, 1108, 17611 2, 34, 1, 1000, 959, 1130, 35, 17650, 17609 3, 961, 12, 13, 962, 17611, 1108, 1109, 17612 57132, 60439, 59949, 17410, 60405 57133, 59757, 59944, 60489, 60574 *Nset, nset=Set12, internal, generate 1, 60623, 1 *Elset, elset=Set12, internal, generate 1... 49955 ** Section: oil *Solid Section, elset=Set12, material=oil *End Part ** ASSEMBLY *Assembly, name=Assembly *Instance, name= Nitrogen gas-1, part=Nitrogen gas 0.4, 0.091, 0. *End Instance *Instance, name=oil_system-1, part=oil *End Instance *Elset, elset=__T0_oil_system-1_M_S4, internal, instance=oil_system-1 52165, 54150, 54861, 54974, 55439, 56337, 56355 *Surface, type=ELEMENT, name=_T0_oil_system-1_S, internal __T0_oil_system-1_S_S1, S1 *Tie, name=_T0_oil_system-1, position tolerance=0.0212132 _T0_oil_system-1_S, _T0_oil_system-1_M *Surface, type=ELEMENT, name=_T1_oil_system-1_S, internal __T1_oil_system-1_S_S1, S1 *Tie, name=_T1_oil_system-1, position tolerance=0.0212132 _T1_oil_system-1_S, _T1_oil_system-1_M *Surface, type=ELEMENT, name=_T2_oil_system-1_S, internal __T2_oil_system-1_S_S1, S1 *Tie, name=_T2_oil_system-1, position tolerance=0.0212132 _T2_oil_system-1_S, _T2_oil_system-1_M
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** Constraint: oil - gas_accumulator *Tie, name="oil - gas_accumulator", adjust=yes, type=SURFACE TO SURFACE, no thickness accumulator_gas-1."tie gas - oil_accumulator", oil_system-1.oil_gas_tie *End Assembly ** MATERIALS *Material, name=gas *Acoustic Medium 7e+06, *Density 55.66, *Material, name=oil *Acoustic Medium 1.6e+09, *Density 850., ** INTERACTION PROPERTIES *Impedance Property, name=admittance_oil 1.196e-12, 7.5e-12, 1. 8.46e-13, 1.06e-11, 2. ... 3.8e-14, 2.375e-10, 999. 3.8e-14, 2.376e-10, 1000. *Impedance Property, name=gas_N2 2.416e-11, 1.52e-10, 1. 1.708e-11, 2.15e-10, 2. ... 7.6e-13, 4.797e-09, 999. 7.6e-13, 4.8e-09, 1000. ** PHYSICAL CONSTANTS *Acoustic Wave Formulation ** STEP: acoustic *Step, name=acoustic, perturbation *Steady State Dynamics, direct, frequency scale=LINEAR, friction damping=NO 1., 1000., 200, 1. ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ** Name: oil_pressure Type: Acoustic pressure *Boundary, load case=1 oil_system-1.pressure_in, 8, 8, 5e+06 *Boundary, load case=2 oil_system-1.pressure_in, 8, 8 ** INTERACTIONS ** Interaction: admittance_gas *Simpedance, property=gas_N2 accumulator_gas-1."interaction accumul_gas" ** Interaction: oil_system *Simpedance, property=admittance_oil oil_system-1.oil_impedance ** OUTPUT REQUESTS ** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 *Output, field *Node Output POR, *Element Output, directions=YES ACV, ** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1 *Output, history, variable=PRESELECT *End Step
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*Assembly, name=Assembly *Instance, name=N2-1, part=N2 *End Instance *Instance, name=oil_total-1, part=oil_total *End Instance **Define the constraints between the nodes of the gas and the hydraulic oil in the accumulator *Tie, name=_T20_oil_total-1, position tolerance=0.00282674 _T20_oil_total-1_S, _T20_oil_total-1_M ** Constraint: oil-N2-tie *Tie, name=oil-N2-tie, adjust=yes, type=SURFACE TO SURFACE, no thickness N2-1.N2-oil-tie, oil_total-1.oil-N2-tie *End Assembly ** MATERIALS **Define the Nitrogen properties as its density and Bulk modulus at temperature 40C and pressure 20 bar *Material, name=N2 *Acoustic Medium 2.8e+06, *Density 22.264, **Define the hydraulic oil properties as its density and Bulk modulus *Material, name=oil *Acoustic Medium 1.6e+09, *Density 850., ** INTERACTION PROPERTIES *Impedance Property, name=N2 9.154e-11, 5.8e-10, 1. 3.737e-11, 1.41e-09, 6. ... 2.91e-12, 1.811e-08, 991. 2.9e-12, 1.815e-08, 996. *Impedance Property, name=oil 1.196e-12, 7.5e-12, 1. 4.88e-13, 1.84e-11, 6. ... 3.8e-14, 2.365e-10, 991. 3.8e-14, 2.371e-10, 996. ** PHYSICAL CONSTANTS *Acoustic Wave Formulation ** STEP: accumulator *Step, name=accumulator, perturbation *Steady State Dynamics, direct, frequency scale=LINEAR, friction damping=NO 1., 1000., 200, 1. ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ** Name: oil_pressure Type: Acoustic pressure *Boundary, load case=1 oil_total-1.oil_pressure, 8, 8, 3e+06 *Boundary, load case=2 oil_total-1.oil_pressure, 8, 8 ** INTERACTIONS ** Interaction: N2_impedance *Simpedance, property=N2 N2-1.N2_impedance ** Interaction: oil_impedance *Simpedance, property=oil oil_total-1.oil_impedance ** OUTPUT REQUESTS ** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 *Output, field
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*Part, name=diaphragm *Node 1, -0.00601515174, -0.00387023459, 0. 2, -0.00601542229, -0.00387027697, 1.90076062e-05 ... 3568, -0.00852377992, -0.00336264702, 0.000406037667 3569, -0.0075850077, -0.00365063944, 0.000361318438 **the Diaphragm-cap element type: Shell element with 3 nodes *Element, type=S3 1, 862, 61, 753 2, 754, 60, 8 ... 3823, 36, 724, 26, 35 3824, 35, 26, 25, 7 *Nset, nset=BC_diaphragm_side 8,..., 703 704, 705, 706, 707 *Elset, elset=BC_diaphragm_side 1298, 1299, ..., 3805 ** Section: diaphragm *Shell Section, elset=50, material=steel 5e-05, 5 *End Part ** ASSEMBLY *Assembly, name=Assembly *Instance, name=diaph-1, part=diaphragm *End Instance **Define the constraint of the dimples nodes with the Diaphragm-cap nodes ** Constraint: dimple_diaph *Tie, name=dimple_diaph, adjust=yes, position tolerance=0.0001, type=SURFACE TO SURFACE dimples_diaph_tie, diaph-1.diaph_tie *End Assembly ** MATERIALS **Define the material properties as density and the modulus of elasticity *Material, name=steel *Density 7800., *Elastic 2.1e+11, 0.3 ** STEP: accumulator *Step, name=accumulator, nlgeom=YES, extrapolation=NO, convert sdi=YES *Static, riks 0.001, 1., 1e-08, , , ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS **The Diaphragm-cap upper end is fixed in the three transitional and rotational coordinates ** Name: end Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary Set452, 1, 1 ... Set452, 6, 6 ** LOADS **Define the pressure load acting on the lower surface of the Diaphragm-cap with value of 10 bar. ** Name: pressure Type: Pressure *Dsload pressure_surface, P, 1e+06 ** OUTPUT REQUESTS *Restart, write, frequency=0 ** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 *Output, field *Node Output
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A.2.1.5 Nonlinear behaviour of the contact interaction between the Diaphragm cap and the lower accumulator housing
*Heading ** Job name= non-linear behaviour of the contact interaction between the Diaphragm-cap and the lower accumulator housing, see Section 4.2.1. ** Generated by: Abaqus/CAE Version 6.8-1 *Preprint, echo=NO, model=NO, history=NO, contact=NO ** PARTS *Part, name=dimple *Node 1, 0., -0.00325000007, 0. 2, -0.000103742408, -0.00325190858, 0. ... 759, -0.00100310007, -0.0030465608, 9.15962664e-05 760, -0.00109544257, -0.00300000003, 0.000100028352 *Element, type=S4R 1, 2, 3, 14, 13 2, 3, 4, 15, 14 ... 758, 1, 739, 750 759, 1, 750, 2 *Nset, nset=Set8, internal, generate 1, 760, 1 *Elset, elset=Set8, internal, generate 1, 759, 1 ** Section: dimple *Shell Section, elset=Set8, material=steel 5e-05, 5 *End Part *Part, name=dimple_first_row *Node 1, 0., -0.00325000007, 0. 2, -0.000100176308, -0.00325027714, 0. ... 477, -0.000760549447, -0.00305446866, 9.05884226e-05 478, -0.000844033959, -0.00300000003, 0.000100532197 *Element, type=S4R 1, 2, 3, 12, 11 2, 3, 4, 13, 12 ... 423, 476, 477, 9, 8 424, 477, 478, 10, 9 *Element, type=S3 425, 1, 2, 11 426, 1, 11, 20 ... 476, 1, 461, 470 477, 1, 470, 2 *Nset, nset=Set9, internal, generate 1, 478, 1 *Elset, elset=Set9, internal, generate
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1, 477, 1 ** Section: dimple_first_row *Shell Section, elset=Set9, material=steel 5e-05, 5 *End Part *Part, name=Diaphragm-cap *Node 1, -0.00601515174, -0.00387023459, 0. 2, -0.00359691377, -0.00335424743, 0. ... 414, -0.000982530997, -0.00253854366, -0.000915984041 415, -0.000524001778, -0.00256696111, 0.00132726424 *Element, type=S3 1, 254, 168, 17 2, 255, 20, 238 ... 657, 415, 223, 224 658, 415, 388, 389 *Nset, nset=Set50, internal, generate 1, 415, 1 *Elset, elset=Set50, internal, generate 1, 658, 1 ** Section: Diaphragm-cap *Shell Section, elset=Set50, material=steel 5e-05, 5 *End Part *Part, name=lower_housing *Node 1, -0.00401571486, -0.00346932001, 0. 2, -0.00601542229, -0.00387027697, 1.90076062e-05 ... 4934, -0.000458726339, -0.00838949438, 0.00375138083 4935, -0.00717415474, -0.0085634971, -0.000585289148 *Element, type=C3D4 1, 2632, 2633, 2634, 2635 2, 2636, 2637, 2638, 2639 ... 22163, 3296, 1796, 1789, 1788 22164, 4576, 3301, 1109, 1804 *Nset, nset=Set4, internal, generate 1, 4935, 1 *Elset, elset=Set4, internal, generate 1, 22164, 1 ... ** Section: lower_housing *Solid Section, elset=Set4, material=steel *End Part ** ASSEMBLY *Assembly, name=Assembly *Instance, name=Diaphragm-cap-1, part=Diaphragm-cap *End Instance *Elset, elset=_pressure_surface_SPOS, internal, instance=dimple_first_row-1, generate 1, 477, 1 *Surface, type=ELEMENT, name=diaphragm_interaction _diaphragm_interaction_SPOS, SPOS ** Constraint: dimple_Diaphragm-cap *Tie, name=dimple_Diaphragm-cap, adjust=yes, position tolerance=0.0002, type=SURFACE TO SURFACE dimples_tie, Diaphragm-cap-1.Diaphragm-cap_tie *End Assembly ** MATERIALS
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*Material, name=steel *Density 7800., *Elastic 2.1e+11, 0.3 ** INTERACTION PROPERTIES *Surface Interaction, name=Diaphragm-cap_lower-housing 1., *Friction 0., ** INTERACTIONS ** Interaction: Diaphragm-cap - lower_housing *Contact Pair, interaction=Diaphragm-cap_lower-housing, type=SURFACE TO SURFACE, adjust=0.0 diaphragm_interaction, lower_housing-1.interaction ** STEP: accumulator ** *Step, name=accumulator, nlgeom=YES, convert sdi=YES *Static, riks 0.001, 1., 1e-05, , , ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS **The Diaphragm-cap upper end is fixed in the three transitional coordinates ** Name: end Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary Diaphragm-cap-1.BC_Diaphragm-cap_end, 1, 1 Diaphragm-cap-1.BC_Diaphragm-cap_end, 2, 2 Diaphragm-cap-1.BC_Diaphragm-cap_end, 3, 3 ** Name: lower_housing Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary lower_housing-1.lower_housing, 1, 1 lower_housing-1.lower_housing, 2, 2 lower_housing-1.lower_housing, 3, 3 ** LOADS ** Name: pressure Type: Pressure *Dsload Surf468, P, 2e+06 ** Interaction: diaphragm - lower_housing ** INTERACTIONS *Contact Interference diaphragm_interaction, lower_housing-1.interaction, 0.0002, ** OUTPUT REQUESTS *Restart, write, frequency=0 ** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 *Output, field *Node Output U *Element Output, directions=YES S ** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1 *Output, history, variable=PRESELECT *End Step
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** PARTS *Part, name=flat_membrane *Node 1, 0., 0., 0. 2, 0.000250000012, 0., 0. ... 2700, 0.0287713259, 0., -0.00363466376 2701, 0.0297634415, 0., -0.00375999697 *Element, type=S4R 1, 2, 3, 57, 56 2, 3, 4, 58, 57 ... 2699, 1, 2594, 2648 2700, 1, 2648, 2 *Nset, nset=_Set2, internal, generate 1, 2701, 1 *Elset, elset=_Set2, internal, generate 1, 2700, 1 ** Section: membrane_flat *Shell Section, elset=_Set2, material=steel 5e-05, 5 *End Part *Part, name=Hydroforming die *Node 1, 0.00495344866, -0.00433870777, -0.0035988912 2, 0.00358935189, -0.00417631166, -0.00362968515 ... 2329, 0.0189014431, -0.00240271329, 0.0205324143 2330, 0.0141664669, -0.00445721112, 0.0127947684 *Element, type=C3D4 1, 1263, 1264, 828, 1265 2, 1263, 1264, 252, 256 ... 10120, 2143, 1220, 1856, 2142 10121, 2206, 1820, 1203, 404 *Nset, nset=_Set2, internal, generate 1, 2330, 1 *Elset, elset=_Set2, internal, generate 1, 10121, 1 ** Section: Hydroforming die *Solid Section, elset=_Set2, material=steel_die_presse *End Part ** ASSEMBLY *Assembly, name=Assembly ** *Instance, name=flat_membrane-1, part=flat_membrane 0., 0.0001, 0. *End Instance *Instance, name= Hydroforming die -1, part= Hydroforming die *End Instance *End Assembly ** MATERIALS *Material, name=steel *Density 7800., *Elastic 2.1e+11, 0.3 *Plastic 1275 *106, 0.
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1397.3 *106, 0.05 1440.9 *106, 0.1 1473.2 *106, 0.15 1500 *106, 0.2 *Material, name=steel_die_presse *Density 7800., *Elastic 2.1e+11, 0.3 ** INTERACTION PROPERTIES *Surface Interaction, name=contact 1., *Friction, slip tolerance=0.005 0.25, ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ** Name: membrane Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary flat_membrane-1.BC, 1, 1 flat_membrane-1.BC, 2, 2 flat_membrane-1.BC, 3, 3 ** INTERACTIONS ** Interaction: lower_part *Contact Pair, interaction=contact, type=SURFACE TO SURFACE, adjust=0.0 flat_membrane-1.lower_part, lower_part_final-1.contact ** STEP: stamping *Step, name=stamping, nlgeom=YES, unsymm=YES, convert sdi=YES *Static, stabilize=0.002, 0.01, 100, 1e-06, 100. ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS **The hydroforming die is fixed in the three transitional coordinates ** Name: Hydroforming die Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary Hydroforming die -1.BC, 1, 1 Hydroforming die -1.BC, 2, 2 Hydroforming die -1.BC, 3, 3 **The flat membrane is fixed in the three transitional coordinates ** Name: membrane Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary flat_membrane-1.BC, 1, 1 flat_membrane-1.BC, 2, 2 flat_membrane-1.BC, 3, 3 ** LOADS ** Name: pressure_hydroforming Type: Pressure *Dsload flat_membrane-1.pressure, P, 2.0e+07 ** Interaction: Hydroforming die ** INTERACTIONS *Contact Interference flat_membrane-1. Hydroforming die, Hydroforming die -1.contact, 0.0001, ** OUTPUT REQUESTS *Restart, write, frequency=0 ** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 *Output, field *Node Output RF, RM, U, UR, UT *Element Output, directions=YES S *Contact Output CDISP, CFORCE, CSTRESS ** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1
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*Solid Section, elset=Set2, material=steel_die_presse *End Part ** *Part, name=flat_membrane *Node 1, 0., 0., 0. 2, 0.00039999999, 0., 0. ... 2759, 0.0319202878, 0., 0.00225724676 2760, 0.0339153074, 0., 0.00239832466 *Element, type=S4R 1, 2, 3, 34, 33 2, 3, 4, 35, 34 ... 2669, 2758, 2759, 31, 30 2670, 2759, 2760, 32, 31 *Element, type=S3 2671, 1, 2, 33 2672, 1, 33, 64 ... 2758, 1, 2699, 2730 2759, 1, 2730, 2 *Nset, nset=Set2, internal, generate 1, 2760, 1 *Elset, elset=Set2, internal, generate 1, 2759, 1 ** Section: membrane_flat *Shell Section, elset=Set2, material=steel 5e-05, 5 *End Part ** *Part, name=die *Node 1, 0.00202427106, -0.00346453628, 0.000879591913 2, 0.00146207574, -0.00346453628, 0.00165338733 ... 3175, -0.0068435641, -0.00800000038, 0.0264390595 3176, -0.00444200169, -0.00800000038, 0.027096374 *Element, type=C3D8R 1, 807, 791, 145, 144, 1112, 1096, 286, 287 2, 806, 788, 791, 807, 1111, 1093, 1096, 1112 ... 1464, 699, 700, 2858, 2857, 2879, 2880, 3176, 3175 1465, 700, 12, 2789, 2858, 2880, 258, 3107, 3176 *Element, type=C3D6 360, 960, 961, 956, 1265, 1266, 1261 361, 17, 204, 206, 302, 1092, 295 ... 1470, 95, 54, 55, 727, 508, 69 1471, 2850, 2851, 2835, 3168, 3169, 3153 *Nset, nset=Set12, internal, generate 1, 3176, 1 *Elset, elset=Set12, internal, generate 1, 1471, 1 ** Section: die *Solid Section, elset=Set12, material=steel_die_presse *End Part ** *Part, name=presse
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*Node 1, 0.00220711459, -0.00346453628, 0. 2, 0., 0.0179999992, 0. ... 14811, 0.00542244362, -0.00344255567, 0.000956123113 14812, 0.0054769665, -0.00393000618, 0.000965736981 *Element, type=C3D8R 1, 67, 699, 685, 1, 1821, 4459, 4445, 182 2, 699, 700, 686, 685, 4459, 4460, 4446, 4445 ... 13751, 14732, 14801, 14807, 928, 997, 1003 13752, 14778, 14805, 14810, 974, 1001, 1006 *Nset, nset=Set2, internal, generate 1, 14812, 1 *Elset, elset=Set2, internal, generate 1, 13752, 1 ** Section: presse_new *Solid Section, elset=Set2, material=steel_die_presse *End Part ** *Part, name=dimple_outer_raw_4mm *Node 1, 0.00168721389, -0.00307392236, 0. 2, 0., -0.00307392236, 0. ... 1980, 0.000217379406, -0.00351735111, -2.63946386e-05 1981, 0.000213614025, -0.0032945876, -2.59374392e-05 *Element, type=C3D8R 1, 7, 8, 132, 131, 272, 273, 984, 983 2, 8, 9, 133, 132, 273, 274, 985, 984 ... 1559, 1962, 1961, 1981, 1980, 123, 122, 142, 141 1560, 1961, 972, 973, 1981, 122, 12, 13, 142 *Element, type=C3D6 352, 16, 140, 992, 3, 17, 164 353, 15, 141, 993, 16, 140, 992 ... 1611, 14, 1981, 142, 15, 1980, 141 1612, 2, 973, 13, 14, 1981, 142 *Nset, nset=Set2, internal, generate 1, 1981, 1 *Elset, elset=Set2, internal, generate 1, 1612, 1 ** Section: dimple_outer_raw *Solid Section, elset=Set2, material=steel_die_presse *End Part ** ASSEMBLY *Assembly, name=Assembly *Instance, name=central_dimple_4mm-1, part=central_dimple_4mm 0., 0.007679, 0. *End Instance *Instance, name=dimple_mittle_raw_4mm-1, part=dimple_mittle_raw_4mm 0.00407598754916549, 0.00657324025946356, 0. 0.00407598754916549, 0.00657324025946356, 0., 0.00407598754916549, 0.00657324025946356, 1., 23.5000012074692 *End Instance *Instance, name=presse-1, part=presse 0., 0.007, 0.
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*End Instance *Instance, name=dimple_outer_raw_4mm-1, part=dimple_outer_raw_4mm 0.00576794210196859, 0.00593601963025582, 0. 0.00576794210196859, 0.00593601963025582, 0., 0.00576794210196859, 0.00593601963025582, 1., 10.4999999167598 *End Instance *Instance, name=die-1, part=die *End Instance *Instance, name=flat_membrane-1, part=flat_membrane 0., 0.0001, 0. *End Instance *Nset, nset=BC_presse_dimples, instance=central_dimple_4mm-1 1, ..., 821, ... *Elset, elset=_presse_dimple_total_S3, internal, instance=outer_raw_4mm-1 1,..., 1556 *Surface, type=ELEMENT, name=presse_dimple_total _presse_dimple_total_S4, S4 _presse_dimple_total_S5, S5 _presse_dimple_total_S2, S2 _presse_dimple_total_S6, S6 _presse_dimple_total_S1, S1 _presse_dimple_total_S3, S3 ** Constraint: presse *Tie, name=presse, adjust=yes, no thickness dimples_presse_tie, presse-1.presse_tie *End Assembly ** MATERIALS *Material, name=steel *Density 7800., *Elastic 2.1e+11, 0.3 *Plastic 1275 *106, 0. 1397.3 *106, 0.05 1440.9 *106, 0.1 1473.2 *106, 0.15 1500 *106, 0.2 *Material, name=steel_die_presse *Density 7800., *Elastic 2.1e+11, 0.3 ** INTERACTION PROPERTIES *Surface Interaction, name=contact 1., *Friction, slip tolerance=0.005 0.25, ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ** Name: die Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary die-1.BC_die, 1, 1 die-1.BC_die, 2, 2 die-1.BC_die, 3, 3 ** Name: membrane Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary flat_membrane-1.BC, 1, 1 flat_membrane-1.BC, 2, 2 flat_membrane-1.BC, 3, 3
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** Name: presse Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary BC_presse_dimples, 1, 1 BC_presse_dimples, 2, 2 BC_presse_dimples, 3, 3 ** INTERACTIONS ** Interaction: die *Contact Pair, interaction=contact, type=SURFACE TO SURFACE, tracking=STATE, adjust=0.0 flat_membrane-1.die, die-1.die_contact ** Interaction: presse *Contact Pair, interaction=contact, type=SURFACE TO SURFACE, tracking=STATE, adjust=0.0 presse_dimple_total, flat_membrane-1.presse ** STEP: fixiation *Step, name=fixiation, nlgeom=YES, amplitude=STEP, inc=2 *Static 1., 1., 0.001, 1. ** INTERACTIONS ** Interaction: die *Model Change, type=CONTACT PAIR, remove flat_membrane-1.die, die-1.die_contact ** Interaction: presse *Model Change, type=CONTACT PAIR, remove presse_dimple_total, flat_membrane-1.presse ** OUTPUT REQUESTS *Restart, write, frequency=0 ** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 *Output, field *Node Output RF, U *Element Output, directions=YES S ** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1 *Output, history, variable=PRESELECT *End Step ** STEP: stamping *Step, name=stamping, nlgeom=YES, unsymm=YES, convert sdi=YES *Static, stabilize=0.002, 0.01, 3., 1e-06, 3. ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ** Name: membrane Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary flat_membrane-1.BC, 1, 1 flat_membrane-1.BC, 2, 2 flat_membrane-1.BC, 3, 3 ** Name: presse Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary BC_presse_dimples, 2, 2, -0.00672 ** INTERACTIONS ** Interaction: die *Model Change, type=CONTACT PAIR, add flat_membrane-1.die, die-1.die_contact *Contact Interference flat_membrane-1.die, die-1.die_contact, 0.0001, ** Interaction: presse *Model Change, type=CONTACT PAIR, add presse_dimple_total, flat_membrane-1.presse *Contact Interference presse_dimple_total, flat_membrane-1.presse, 0.0001, ** OUTPUT REQUESTS *Restart, write, frequency=1
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** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 *Output, field *Node Output RF, U *Element Output, directions=YES LE, PE, S ** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1 *Output, history, variable=PRESELECT *End Step ** STEP: presse_upward *Step, name=presse_upward, nlgeom=YES, amplitude=STEP, inc=10 *Static, stabilize=0.0002 1., 1., 0.001, 1. ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ** Name: membrane Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary flat_membrane-1.BC, 1, 1 flat_membrane-1.BC, 3, 3 ** Name: presse Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary BC_presse_dimples, 2, 2, 0.007 ** INTERACTIONS ** Interaction: die *Model Change, type=CONTACT PAIR, remove flat_membrane-1.die, die-1.die_contact ** Interaction: presse *Model Change, type=CONTACT PAIR, remove presse_dimple_total, flat_membrane-1.presse ** OUTPUT REQUESTS *Restart, write, frequency=1 ** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 *Output, field *Node Output RF, U *Element Output, directions=YES LE, PE, S ** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1 *Output, history, variable=PRESELECT *End Step ** STEP: end_process *Step, name=end_process, nlgeom=YES, amplitude=STEP, inc=10 *Static 1., 1., 0.001, 1. ** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ** Name: presse Type: Displacement/Rotation *Boundary BC_presse_dimples, 2, 2 ** OUTPUT REQUESTS *Restart, write, frequency=1 ** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1 *Output, field *Node Output RF, U *Element Output, directions=YES LE, PE, PEEQ, PEMAG, S ** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1 *Output, history, variable=PRESELECT *End Step
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%===============================in frequency domain============ %===============================with discharge flow rate excitation ===== %===============================Leonard viscous model==================== %=================at each case all pipes diameters are the same===== % The nominal conditions are stated in Section 3.4 % The first case diameter pipe is [d=15 mm] j=0; for we=1*2*pi:20*2*pi:2500*2*pi % we is the angular velocity (rad/s) Rf=i*sqrt(i*we/nu)*R; Rf4=i*sqrt(i*we/nu)*R4; % propagation operator gamma1=i*we*l1/c*sqrt(-besselj(0,Rf,1)/besselj(2,Rf,1)); ... gamma4=i*we*H/c*sqrt(-besselj(0,Rf4,1)/besselj(2,Rf4,1)); % the pipes impedance zf1=z1*sqrt(-besselj(0,Rf,1)/besselj(2,Rf,1)); ... zf4=z4*sqrt(-besselj(0,Rf4,1)/besselj(2,Rf4,1)); % The equations of the model are presented in a matrix, see eq.3.68: X=inv(A)*u; % where x is the model variables vector % the Variables = [PA1, PE1, QE1, QA2, PE2, QE2, PE3, QE3, PA4, PE4, QE4, y, dPG] % A is the parametric matrix A= [cosh(gamma1) -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; ...; 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cd * Av2 * sqrt(0.2e1) * (Pav / rho) ^ (-0.1e1/ 0.2e1)/ rho / 0.2e1 -1 -Cd * Av2 * sqrt(0.2e1) * (Pav / rho) ^ (-0.1e1 / 0.2e1) / rho / 0.2e1 0 0 0]; % u is the input vector u=[zf1*QA1*sinh(gamma1); -QA1*cosh(gamma1); ...; 0; 0]; % By solving eq.3.68 one can obtain the model solution j=j+1; PA1(j)=X(1);...;dPG(j)=X(12); We(j) =we; end % the second and the third case [d=6 mm and d=30 mm respectively] are similar as the first one
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... % Plot the variables in the frequency domain figure() plot(We/(2*pi),abs(PE2)*10^-5,...); title('f & PE2') xlabel('f [Hz]') ylabel('abs(PE2) [bar]') legend('d=15mm','d=6mm','d=30mm') grid on ...
A.2.2.1.2 The 2DOF discrete parameter model of transmission line connecting with an accumulator.
%===============================in frequency domain============ %===============================with discharge flow rate excitation ===== %=================at each case all pipes diameters are the same===== % The nominal conditions are stated in Section 3.4 % The first case diameter pipe is [d=15 mm] j=0; for we=1*2*pi:1*2*pi:1000*2*pi % we is the angular velocity (rad/s) % The equations of the model are presented in a matrix, see eq.3.57: X=inv(A)*u; % where x is the model variables vector % the Variables = [PA1, PE1, QE1, QA2, PE2, QE2, PE3, QE3, PA4, PE4, QE4, y, dPG] % A_2DOF is the parametric matrix A_2DOF = [1 - i * (-i * LH1 * we - RH1) * we * CH1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; ...; 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -(1 - i * (-RH4 - i * we * LH4) * we * CH4)/ we ^ 2 / m 0 -i * n * pNenn ^ ((n + 1) / n) * p0 ^ (-1 / n)/ V0 * (1 - i * (-RH4 - i * we * LH4) * we * CH4) ^ 2 / we / m 1]; % u is the input vector U_2DOF=[-(-i*LH1*we-RH1+(-i*LH1*we-RH1)*(-LH1*CH1*we^2+i*RH1*CH1*we+1))*QA1; -(-i*(-i*LH1*we-RH1)*we*CH1+(-LH1*CH1*we^2+i*RH1*CH1*we+1)^2)*QA1; ...; 0; 0]; % By solving eq.3.57 one can obtain the model solution j=j+1; PA1(j)=X(1);...;dPG(j)=X(12); We(j) =we; end % the second and the third case [d=6 mm and d=30 mm respectively] are similar as the first one ... % Plot the variables in the frequency domain figure() plot(We/(2*pi),abs(PE2)*10^-5,...); title('f & PE2') xlabel('f [Hz]') ylabel('abs(PE2) [bar]') legend('d=15mm','d=6mm','d=30mm') grid on ...
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