Failure Identification of Dump Truck Suspension Based on an Average Correlation Stochastic Subspace Identification Algorithm

Abstract

This paper proposes a fault identification method based on an improved stochastic subspace modal identification algorithm to achieve high-performance fault identification of dump truck suspension. The sensitivity of modal parameters to suspension faults is evaluated, and a fault diagnosis method based on modal energy difference is established. The feasibility of the proposed method is validated by numerical simulation and full-scale vehicle tests. The result shows that the proposed average correlation signal based stochastic subspace identification (ACS-SSI) method can identify the fluctuation of vehicle modal parameters effectively with respect to different spring stiffness and damping ratio conditions, and then fault identification of the suspension system can be realized by the variation of the modal energy difference (MED).