Author(s)

YuHuan Gao, JingJing Xia^*

Affiliation(s)

Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian 223200, Jiangsu, China.

Corresponding Author

JingJing Xia

ABSTRACT

To verify the feasibility and rationality of the mixer truck device design and reduce the risk of rollover accidents, this study, based on the ADAMS multi-body dynamics software, conducts 3D modeling, simulation model simplification, multi-body dynamics modeling and simulation, and simulation result analysis for the mixer truck device, with a focus on exploring the dynamic characteristics under rollover conditions to provide theoretical support for device optimization; in the multi-body dynamics modeling and simulation stage, the ADAMS software is used to build a virtual prototype, where the 3D model is imported in STEP format, and the simulation results show that the dynamic characteristics of the mixer truck are consistent with the actual working conditions—during turning, the displacement in the X-direction is greater than that in the Z-direction with consistent curve trends, the velocities in the X and Z directions are the same, and the maximum total velocity is 1.6 m/s, while under the rollover condition, the displacement of the center of mass in the Y-direction is -5 mm at the initial moment and reaches 348.3 mm at the moment of rollover, the initial velocity is 0, reaches a maximum velocity of 2.1 m/s at 4 seconds and then decreases gradually, and the velocity of the center of mass in the Z-direction is the largest; through systematic multi-body dynamics simulation, this study clarifies the variation laws of displacement and velocity of the mixer truck under turning and rollover conditions, verifies the rationality of the device design, and provides data support and theoretical basis for the structural optimization of the mixer truck device and the prevention and control of rollover risks.

KEYWORDS

Mixer truck device; Adams; Rollover conditions; Dynamic characteristics

CITE THIS PAPER

YuHuan Gao, JingJing Xia. Dynamic simulation and analysis of mixer truck device rollover. World Journal of Engineering Research. 2025, 3(4): 57-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/wjer3052.

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