Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2022, 24(3):B267-B274 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2022.3.B267-B274

A Mathematical Model of Operation of a Semi-Trailer Tractor Powertrain

Ján Dižo ORCID...1, *, Miroslav Blatnický ORCID...1, Rafał Melnik ORCID...2, Oleksandr Kravchenko ORCID...3
1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovak Republic
2 Faculty of Computer Science and Food Science, Lomza State University of Applied Sciences, Lomza, Poland
3 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

The mathematical modelling is an inseparable part of mechanical engineers' activities. It is applied in design, optimization, verifying, as well as modifying of products. The approach of creating virtual models and their analyzing without having real products is applied in several domains. A mathematical model is given by equations of motion. The main objective of this work is to present the way how a mathematical model of a car powertrain operation is derived and applied in practical applications. A semi-trailer tractor with a standard powertrain was chosen as a reference car. The derived equations of motion are written in a matrix form and subsequently they are solved by means of a technical programming language Matlab. Parameters of the solved tractor mechanical system come from the real data and they are supplemented by the empirical data.

Keywords: a mathematical model, a powertrain, a semi-trailer tractor, dynamic properties
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This research was supported by the Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic in the project No. KEGA 023ŽU-4/2020: Development of advanced virtual models for studying and investigation of transport means operation characteristics.

Received: January 10, 2022; Accepted: May 24, 2022; Prepublished online: June 21, 2022; Published: July 1, 2022  Show citation

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Dižo, J., Blatnický, M., Melnik, R., & Kravchenko, O. (2022). A Mathematical Model of Operation of a Semi-Trailer Tractor Powertrain. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 24(3), B267-274. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2022.3.B267-B274
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