Mechanical-Hydraulic Coupling Simulation for Hydraulic Excavator Working Mechanism

Hydraulic excavator is a typical and complicated engineering machine by combination of mechanical, control and hydraulic system. It is very important for coupling analysis by use of multiple simulation tools. Hydraulic excavator mechanical model was constructed based on Pro/E 4.0. Virtual prototype of hydraulic excavator was finished by use of ADAMS interface function and carried on a lot of kinematics and dynamics simulation analysis. Hydraulic cylinder circuit was derivated based on ADAMS/Hydraulics. Working principle of bucket arm hydraulic cylinder was analyzed. Mechanical and hydraulic simulation of bucket rod hydraulic cylinder was finished. Bucket rod hydraulic cylinder velocity was obtained. Simulation results show coupling simulations have certain theory value and practical significance. They can provide evidence for trial and optimization of physical prototype.