Reduction of Idle Shake in a Small Commercial Vehicle

Chaitanya Krishna Balla; Sudhakara Naidu; Milind Narayan Ambardekar

doi:10.4271/2015-01-2352

Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH) refinement is one of the important parameters in modern vehicle development. In city traffic conditions, idling is an engine operating condition where a driver focuses attention more to his/her vehicle. Tactile vibration & noise levels inside the cab play an important role in all vehicles, especially those powered by diesel engines where combustion pressures are higher. They lead to discomfort & fatigue of passengers of even a low cost vehicle. Now its idle NVH is influenced mainly by vibration-isolation provided by power-train (PT) mounting design,

This paper describes steps taken to improve the idle vibrations at a driver seat of a small commercial vehicle (SCV) with a 2-cylinder diesel engine of 800 cc through redesign of PT-mounting along with fine tuning of idle speed of the engine. A resonance was avoided between the first firing order at idling and PT rigid-body mode in pitching. Vibration levels were reduced by 65% with optimal design of PT mounts with desired level of durability,

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Reduction of Idle Shake in a Small Commercial Vehicle 2015-01-2352

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