Study on terrain response of the military mobile repair vehicle towing power generator trailer before and after improvement

Abstract

Mobile repair vehicles play an indispensable role on the battlefield and are increasingly being improved to enhance their effectiveness. When moving to repair locations on the battlefield, they often tow trailers, which include power generator sets. In some cases, these generator sets are replaced by trailers to transport ammunition or carry wounded soldiers. The article proposes improvements to the suspension system on the generator trailers and discusses the impact of vehicle speed and random road roughness on the movement of the mobile repair vehicle-trailer combination before and after the improvements. A dynamic model of the multi-body system is constructed, with the towing vehicle being a three-axle truck. The random roughness profile of the road surface is determined from simulation results based on ISO 8068 standards. The equations of motion are established using Lagrange's method and solved through simulation using Matlab software. The results of the article indicate the oscillation of the mobile repair vehicle-trailer combination when traveling at speeds of 36 km/h and 54 km/h on road surfaces with random roughness levels of class D and class E. After the improvement of the suspension system on the generator trailers, smoother trailer motion is observed. The study has shown that the vertical oscillation amplitude of the trailer decreased by up to 18 %, while the oscillation speed decreased by as much as 40 %. The findings provide a basis for further improving the suspension system on generator trailers to minimize oscillations, which is crucial for replacing generator trailers with specialized trailers for transporting ammunition or wounded soldiers on the battlefield. This is a significant issue in the field of national security and defense