关键词: 车辆工程, 可变助力, 电控液压助力转向, 电液比例阀

Abstract: The principle and the design requirements for assist characteristic of the bypass proportional valve type ECHPS were presented. A design method for parabolic ideal assist characteristic curve for a bus based on the ECHPS was proposed. Based on MATLAB/Simulink, the three degrees of freedom vehicle steering dynamic model and the ECHPS simulation model with hydraulic control module consisting of the electro-hydraulic proportional valve were established. The assist characteristic curve of ECHPS which was approximated to parabola was obtained by simulation. Eventually, the bench test of a certain bus ECHPS was carried out. The test result of the assist characteristic curve of ECHPS is well-matched with the simulation one, which validates that the proposed design method and simulation model of the ideal parabolic assist characteristic curve are right and effective; and the bypass proportional valve type ECHPS has excellent assist characteristic, which can satisfy both the low-speed steering portability and the high-speed handling stability of heavy-duty vehicles.

Key words: vehicle engineering, variable assist characteristics, electronically controlled hydraulic power steering (ECHPS), electro-hydraulic proportional valve