NVH Improvement of a Bus Through AC Compressor Drive-Ratio Change 2009-26-0045
This paper is an outcome of development work done in improving Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH) performance of a bus. A concern from built-up prototypes was high floor vibration levels at higher speeds when Air-Conditioner (AC) was switched on. Running mode analysis of bus-vibrations was performed to visualize exact behavior of its frame. It was revealed that a 4th order vibrations of the AC compressor was matching with a structural resonance of the bus frame on which the AC compressor was mounted. The frame suffered from high amplitudes of torsional vibrations especially near a power-train mount. And these excitations were transferred to the bus-floor. With a change in drive-ratio of the AC compressor, decoupling of its vibrations from the Bus-frame mode was made. This led to a significant reduction of the floor vibrations and increased comfort to the passengers at higher speeds.
Citation: Naga Suresh, I., Sudhakara Naidu, T., Ambardekar, M., and Arora, G., "NVH Improvement of a Bus Through AC Compressor Drive-Ratio Change," SAE Technical Paper 2009-26-0045, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-26-0045. Download Citation
Author(s):
I. Naga Suresh, T. Sudhakara Naidu, M. N Ambardekar, Gyan Arora
Affiliated:
Tata Motors Ltd., India
Pages: 4
Event:
SIAT 2009
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH)
Vibration
Compressors
Noise, vibration, and harshness standards and regulations
Buses
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