Projects:2017s1-105 “CARLOS TC” Tow Bar Testing Facility

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== Project Members ==

Thomas Barone, Joe Kelly

'''Supervisor''' : Professor Michael Liebelt <br />
'''Technicial supervisor''': Dr. Braden Phillips <br />
'''Sponsor''' : Milford

== Project Motivation ==

Traditionally , for trailers and caravans weighing up to 3500kg in the domestic market, the trailer coupling
( towbar ) design and compliance has been driven by Australian standards , the most recent being AS 4177.1 – 2004 .
Whilst this standard continues to serve the local towing industry, there have been several developments in the
dynamic testing of these components globally, driven by the vehicle manufacturers need to provide a better simulation
to actual road conditions with their contemporary vehicle architecture and materials to understand fatigue failures.
CARLOS TC was born from this endeavour and is considered current state of art and is now being used in the
homologation of some OEM trailer couplings. eg United Nations Regulation ECE R 55.01-Mechanical coupling.

== Project Proposal ==

In order to capitalise on this increasing body of knowledge, it is proposed that Milford acquire some capital
equipment to enable in-house CARLOS TC testing. This equipment would be sourced by a manufacturer of such testing
apparatus and comprise of a true 3 dimensional load on the load coupling device and can also be used to test the load
coupling device or the complete car body with a load coupling device fitted . The latter would be of use to the car
companies to confirm the integrity of their body in white assemblies during towing. This is achieved by 3 hydraulic
cylinders arranged in the X, Y and Z directions driven by a suite of actuators, controllers and software. Due to the forces
involved and the variation of set-ups required, the testing facility will incorporate a large “T” slotted solid base to
attach vehicles, frames and equipment to.
Working with and under the supervision of mechanical engineers at Milford, the project team will be required to
investigate the requirements for the testing apparatus and to design, implement and test software and sensors to
control the hydraulic actuators to apply sequences of 3 axis forces to the towbars under test, according to the
requirements of CARLOS TC, and to log data that captures the response of the towbar. Some of the work will be
carried out at Milford’s premises in Camden Park.

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