Integrated Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Wheeled Vehicle with Outer-Rotor In-Wheel Motors and Key Units

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to accurately establish a model of a special vehicle driven by in-wheel motors (IWMs) and investigate its dynamic characteristics. This study proposes a novel integrated vehicle modeling strategy, focusing on the IWM and other key subsystems. Based on this strategy, the vehicle model is developed and simulated in ADAMS. The natural frequencies of the vehicle and transmission characteristics of key components are compared with MATLAB simulation results to validate the accuracy of the model. In the time-domain analysis, the vehicle system’s time-domain characteristics are obtained by using random road spectra of different road grades as excitations. Our simulation results demonstrate that vibration input can be reduced by between 97% and 99% after multi-stage vibration reduction. This work will provide relevant parameters for the design of special vehicles driven by IWMs.