Study on Different Connection Types of Air Spring

Three accurate dynamic model of air spring was set up through aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, engineering thermodynamics, etc. According to the new established bellow-orifice-reservoir model, bellow-pipe-reservoir model and bellow-orifice-pipe-reservoir model, the dynamic characteristics of air spring were calculated under different excitation amplitudes and frequencies. By comparison with experimental results, it shows that the simulation results of the three models and experimental results coincide very well in dynamic characteristics; the bellow-orifice-pipe-reservoir connection type is recommended as the secondary suspension for low frequency excitations; and the bellow-orifice-reservoir connection type is considered effectively for high frequency excitations; the bellow-pipe-reservoir connection type is not recommended to be used as the secondary suspension because of its negative stiffness.