IP Library Granted Patent US 11,255,749
Granted Patent B2
US 11,255,749 · App. 16/464,107 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Method and device for controlling a test stand arrangement

Inventor: Helmut Kokal (Graz, AT)
Assignee: AVL List GmbH
G01M13/026G01L3/22G06F5/06H03H21/003B60W2710/083
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Patent No.
US 11,255,749
App. No.
16/464,107
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a device and to a method for controlling a test stand arrangement having a specimen and having a loading machine, which is connected to the specimen by a connecting shaft. An estimated value (T E,est ) for for the internal torque (T E ) of the specimen is determined and, from the estimated value (T E,est ), while taking into account a natural frequency (f 0 ) and a delay, a damping signal (T Damp ) is determined and fed back into the control loop.

Claims (33)

1. A method for controlling a test stand arrangement including a test specimen and a loading machine which is connected to the test specimen by a connecting shaft the test stand arrangement corresponding to a supercritical arrangement, the method including the following steps:

determining an estimated value (T E,est ) for an internal torque (T E ) of the test specimen;

determining a damping signal (T Damp ) from the estimated value (T E,est ) while taking into account a natural frequency (f 0 ) of the test stand arrangement that is to be damped and a delay; and

feeding the damping signal back into a control loop for controlling the test stand arrangement.

2. The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the estimated value (T E,est ) is determined from the test specimen angular velocity (ω E ) and the shaft torque (T ST ).

3. The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that, when determining the damping signal (T Damp ) from the estimated value (T E,est ), a band range comprising the natural frequency (f 0 ) to be damped is filtered out and the filtered signal is delayed by the delay and amplified by an amplification (Gain).

4. The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the delay is a constant parameter.

5. A device for controlling a test stand arrangement, the device comprising:

a test specimen;

a loading machine which is connected to the test specimen by a connecting shaft;

the test stand arrangement ( 4 ) corresponding to a supercritical arrangement,

a damping unit including

an estimating unit configured and arranged to establish an estimated value (T E,est ) for the internal torque (T E ) of the test specimen, and

a filter configured and arranged to establish a damping signal (T Damp ) from the estimated value (T E,est ) on the basis of a natural frequency (f 0 ) of the test stand arrangement that is to be damped and a delay and feeding said damping signal back into a control loop of the test stand arrangement.

6. The device of claim 5 , characterized in that the estimating unit is further configured and arranged to determine the estimated value (T E,est ) from a test specimen angular velocity (ω E ) and a shaft torque (T ST ).

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the estimating unit is configured and arranged to utilize a Kalman filter.

8. The device of claim 6 , wherein the filter includes a delay element configured and arranged to operate as a FIFO memory for the device.

9. The device of claim 5 , characterized in that the estimating unit is configured and arranged to utilize a Kalman filter.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the filter includes a delay element configured and arranged to operate as a FIFO memory for the device.

11. The device of claim 5 , characterized in that the filter includes a delay element configured and arranged to operate as a FIFO memory, facilitates parameterization and allows a constant parameter to be used for the delay.

12. A method for controlling a test stand arrangement including a test specimen and a loading machine which is connected to the test specimen by a connecting shaft—the test stand arrangement corresponding to a supercritical arrangement, the method including the following steps:

determining an estimated value (T E,est ) for an internal torque (T E ) of the test specimen;

determining a damping signal (T Damp ) from the estimated value (T E,est ) while taking into account a natural frequency (f 0 ) of the test stand arrangement that is to be damped and a delay; and

feeding the damping signal back into a control loop for controlling the test stand arrangement;

characterized in that, when determining the damping signal (T Damp ) from the estimated value (T E,est ), a band range comprising the natural frequency (f 0 ) to be damped is filtered out and the filtered signal is delayed by the delay and amplified by an amplification (Gain);

characterized in that one or more of the following parameters are determined in advance of a simulation on the test stand arrangement: the delay, the amplification (Gain), and the band range.

13. The method of claim 12 , characterized in that the delay (Delay) is a constant parameter.

14. A method for controlling a test stand arrangement including a test specimen and a loading machine which is connected to the test specimen by a connecting shaft—the test stand arrangement corresponding to a supercritical arrangement, the method including the following steps:

determining an estimated value (T E,est ) for an internal torque (T E ) of the test specimen;

determining a damping signal (T Damp ) from the estimated value (T E,est ) while taking into account a natural frequency (f 0 ) of the test stand arrangement that is to be damped and a delay; and

feeding the damping signal back into a control loop for controlling the test stand arrangement;

characterized in that the estimated value (T E,est ) is determined from the test specimen angular velocity (ω E ) and the shaft torque (T ST );

characterized in that, when determining the damping signal (T Damp ) from the estimated value (T E,est ), a band range comprising the natural frequency (f 0 ) to be damped is filtered out and the filtered signal is delayed by the delay and amplified by an amplification (Gain).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2019
From: KOKAL, HELMUT
To: AVL LIST GMBH
Reel/Frame 049832/0027 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 51076/2016 · Nov 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190383703A1 · Dec 19, 2019
Cited By (1)
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