Active Suspension Based on Low Dynamic Stiffness

Active Control of Suspension Systems based on H inf technique

There are many types of car suspensions control, H∞ control of vehicle suspension is studied in the literature for a brave time ago. We can define active suspensions as control systems incorporating a parallel spring and an electronically controlled damper. The contribution of this paper relies on H∞ control design to improve comfort and road holding of the car, and on control validation throug...

Analysis of Dynamic Stiffness Effect of Primary Suspension Helical Springs on Railway Vehicle Vibration

Helical springs within the primary suspension are critical components for isolating the whole vehicle system from vibration generated at the wheel/rail contact. As train speeds increase, the frequency region of excitation becomes larger, and a simplified static stiffness can no longer represent the real stiffness property in a vehicle dynamic model. Coil springs in particular exhibit strong int...

Co-Design of an Active Suspension Using Simultaneous Dynamic Optimization

Design of physical systems and associated control systems are coupled tasks; design methods that manage this interaction explicitly can produce system-optimal designs, whereas conventional sequential processes may not. Here, we explore a new technique for combined physical and control system design (co-design) based on a simultaneous dynamic optimization approach known as direct transcription, ...

Dynamic Imaging Analysis of SERS-Active Nanoparticle Clusters in Suspension

A novel wide-field approach for the real-time Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) imaging of multiple silver nanoparticle clusters suspended in solution is described. This method enables direct correlation of the SERS activity of a single nanoparticle aggregate and its size through measurement of the cluster diffusion coefficient and can also be performed in a high-throughput basis. As a f...

Design of a Low Power Active Truck Cab Suspension