Wheel Loader Design with Simscape

Design a wheel loader with Simscape, including sizing CVT components, driving on uneven terrain, and lifting different implements.

Wheel Loader Design with Simscape™

This repository contains models and code to help engineers model and simulate wheel loaders. A set of examples shows how to design a power-split hydromechanical CVT (continuously variable transmission), test driveline designs, and determine requirements for linkage actuators.

• Early-stage physical design is supported by parameterized models of the transmission, driveline, and chassis, useful before CAD is ready
• Design tradeoffs are explored using optimization algorithms, which are used to find gear ratios that achieve desired speed ranges
• Interactive workflows are shown using MATLAB® Apps to explore designs
• Integrated testing of physical system and controller is supported by a hydromechanical model of the CVT, powertrain, and linkage.
• Surface terrain definition is shown by extracting point clouds from STL geometry.
• Tire profile definition is shown by extracting point clouds from STL geometry.

Open the project file Wheel_Loader_Simscape.prj to get started.

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Wheel Loader Animation Clip

Model of Wheel Loader with Configurable Powertrain and Implement

Wheel Loader Subsystems

Wheel Loader Power Split Hydromechanical CVT

Wheel Loader Chassis, Driveline, and Implement

MATLAB App for Exploring CVT Design

To learn more about modeling and simulation with Simscape, please visit:

• Simscape Getting Started Resources
• Product Capabilities:
  • Simscape™
  • Simscape Battery™
  • Simscape Driveline™
  • Simscape Electrical™
  • Simscape Fluids™
  • Simscape Multibody™

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