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To address this issue, this study starts from the stroke difference and force-arm difference of steering cylinders induced by articulation motion, systematically reveals the structural mechanism responsible for pressure fluctuations in the steering mechanism, and proposes a suppression method based on hinge-point optimization. Specifically, a mathematical model of the articulated steering mechanism is established according to the analytical relationships between the stroke difference, force-arm difference, and articulation angle. The Dung Beetle Optimizer (DBO) is introduced to optimize and compare the hinge-point coordinates of the steering cylinders under different single-objective and multi-objective functions, thereby clarifying that the force-arm difference is the dominant factor affecting pressure fluctuations. Prototype modification and full-vehicle experiments are then conducted for validation. The results demonstrate that the hinge-point coordinates optimized with the force-arm difference as the objective function can significantly suppress steering pressure fluctuations. This study provides a theoretical basis and engineering reference for structural design, hinge-point layout optimization, and pressure-fluctuation suppression in articulated steering systems of wheel loaders.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/a19070519","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,30]],"date-time":"2026-06-30T00:55:11Z","timestamp":1782780911000},"page":"519","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Experimental Study on an Articulated Steering Mechanism Integrated with Multi-Objective Optimization"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Bingwei","family":"Cao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Changchun University, Changchun 130022, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Baoqing","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Changchun University, Changchun 130022, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiaxin","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Changchun University, Changchun 130022, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiaqi","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Road and Bridge Engineering, Jilin Communications Polytechnic, Changchun 130012, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"277","DOI":"10.1016\/j.compag.2011.02.006","article-title":"Small-radius turning performance of an articulated vehicle by direct yaw moment control","volume":"76","author":"Iida","year":"2011","journal-title":"Comput. 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