Evaluation of powertrain solutions for future tactical truck vehicle systems

Pierluigi Pisu; Codrin-Gruie Cantemir; Nicholas Dembski; Giorgio Rizzoni; Lorenzo Serrao; John R. Josephson; James Russell

doi:10.1117/12.666167

20 May 2006 Evaluation of powertrain solutions for future tactical truck vehicle systems

Pierluigi Pisu, Codrin-Gruie Cantemir, Nicholas Dembski, Giorgio Rizzoni, Lorenzo Serrao, John R. Josephson, James Russell

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Proceedings Volume 6228, Modeling and Simulation for Military Applications; 62280D (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666167
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

The article presents the results of a large scale design space exploration for the hybridization of two off-road vehicles, part of the Future Tactical Truck System (FTTS) family: Maneuver Sustainment Vehicle (MSV) and Utility Vehicle (UV). Series hybrid architectures are examined. The objective of the paper is to illustrate a novel design methodology that allows for the choice of the optimal values of several vehicle parameters. The methodology consists in an extensive design space exploration, which involves running a large number of computer simulations with systematically varied vehicle design parameters, where each variant is paced through several different mission profiles, and multiple attributes of performance are measured. The resulting designs are filtered to choose the design tradeoffs that better satisfy the performance and fuel economy requirements. At the end, few promising vehicle configuration designs will be selected that will need additional detailed investigation including neglected metrics like ride and drivability. Several powertrain architectures have been simulated. The design parameters include the number of axles in the vehicle (2 or 3), the number of electric motors per axle (1 or 2), the type of internal combustion engine, the type and quantity of energy storage system devices (batteries, electrochemical capacitors or both together). An energy management control strategy has also been developed to provide efficiency and performance. The control parameters are tunable and have been included into the design space exploration. The results show that the internal combustion engine and the energy storage system devices are extremely important for the vehicle performance.

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Pierluigi Pisu, Codrin-Gruie Cantemir, Nicholas Dembski, Giorgio Rizzoni, Lorenzo Serrao, John R. Josephson, and James Russell "Evaluation of powertrain solutions for future tactical truck vehicle systems", Proc. SPIE 6228, Modeling and Simulation for Military Applications, 62280D (20 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666167

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