This paper uses a quarter model of an automobile having passive and semiactive suspension systems to develop a scheme for an optimal suspension controller. Semi-active suspension is preferred over passive and active suspensions with regard to optimum performance within the constraints of weight and operational cost. A fuzzy logic controller is incorporated into the semi-active suspension system...

In this paper we consider the design and analysis of a semi-active suspension controller. In the recent years different kinds of semi-active control strategies, like two-state Skyhook, LQ-clipped or model-predictive, have already been developed in the literature. In this paper we introduce a new semi-active suspension control strategy that achieves a priori limitations of a semi-active suspensi...

To improve the handling stability of automobiles and reduce odds rollover, active or semi-active suspension systems are usually used to control roll a vehicle. However, these kinds often take zero-roll-angle as target have limited effect on improving performance vehicle when turning. Tilt control, which actively controls tilt inward during curve, greatly benefits comprehensive it is cornering. ...

The problem of optimal vibration control for vehicle active suspension systems under road roughness disturbance is considered. First, the models for two-degree-freedom quarter-car suspension system under road roughness disturbance are presented, and road disturbances are considered as the output of an exosystem. Then, the feedforward and feedback optimal vibration control (FFOVC) law for vehicl...

Most of the existing active suspension studies assume that an ideal force actuator exists and will carry out the commanded force accurately. In reality, due to the interaction between the hydraulic actuator and suspension system, the lightly damped modes of the plant will generate lightly damped zeros (LDZ) for the servo-loop system, which confines the closed-loop performance to a low frequency...

We study the sensitivity of a recently developed nonlinear control scheme with respect to variations in the parameters of the active suspension. Based on comparative simulation results, we conclude that the parameters of the hydraulic actuator dynamics are the ones to which closed-loop system performance is most sensitive. In fact, it is enough to estimate only one parameter in order to guarant...

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the construction of an improved sliding mode control for the active suspension system of a one-wheel car model subject to the excitation from a road profile. The active control is composed of the equivalent and the switching controls where an improved sliding surface is proposed. The active control force is generated by operating a pneumatic actuator due t...

In this paper, an overview and a benchmark of some semi-active suspension control strategy performances is proposed. Based on a recent result of the authors, where the optimal semi-active performance trade-off was addressed, here, a complete benchmark to evaluate any controlled semi-active suspensions is proposed, and applied on different control approaches. The present paper aims at providing ...