• A novel active-passive-combined control approach integrated with an inerter is proposed, to improve the trade-off between dynamic performance and requirements. Automotive suspension design taken as example, analytical expressions for indicators obtained using Lyapunov equations . Pareto optimality improvement a simple inerter-based combined absorber. The optimal passive layout of absorber, co...

The aim of the present work is to estimate the vertical forces and to identify the unknown dynamic parameters of a vehicle using the sliding mode observers approach. The estimation of vertical forces needs a good knowledge of dynamic parameters such as damping coefficient, spring stiffness and unsprung masses, etc. In this paper, suspension stiffness and unsprung masses have been identified by ...

Abstract Vehicle braking stability performance can improve the safety of vehicle driving during a braking. However, some parameters structure impact on stability, characteristic law relevant is ignored. A simulation model established using software CarSim. The included in system, suspension, steering mechanism, system. wheelbase, and height centre mass analysed. concluded. Based law, ideal obta...

Quarter vehicle model is the simplest representation of a vehicle that belongs to lumped-mass vehicle models. It is widely used in vehicle and suspension analyses, particularly those related to ride dynamics. However, as much as its common adoption, it is also commonly accepted without quantification that this model is not as accurate as many higher-degree-of-freedom models due to its simplicit...

The purpose of suspension system in automobiles is to improve the ride comfort and road handling. In this research the ride and handling performance of a specific automobile with passive suspension system is compared to a proposed fuzzy logic semi active suspension system designed for that automobile. The bodysuspension-wheel system is modeled as a two degree of freedom quarter car model. MATLA...

Nowadays, the active suspension is the key technology for vehicles to achieve both ride comfort and control performance. In this paper, a new 1/4T servo-hydraulic vehicle active suspension system is developed and two control schemes are utilized. The first one is a conventional PID controller obtained from Ziegler-Nichols method and the second one is the neural network controller. Though these ...

Various control techniques, especially LQG optimal control, have been applied to the design of active and semi-active vehicle suspensions over the past several decades. However passive suspensions remain dominant in the automotive marketplace because they are simple, reliable, and inexpensive. The force generated by a passive suspension at a given wheel can depend only on the relative displacem...

This paper presents multi-layer feedforward neural network-based identification and approximate predictive controller (NNAPC) for a two degree-of-freedom (DOF), quarter-car servohydraulic vehicle suspension system. The nonlinear dynamics of the servo-hydraulic actuator is incorporated in the suspension model. A suspension travel controller is developed to improve the ride comfort and handling q...

Rapid advances have been made in the field of vehicle dynamics in terms of improving the ride, handling and safety using actuators and control systems. Optimising a vehicle’s ride comfort or handling has led to the development of semi-active suspension systems. Anti-lock braking systems (ABS) have resulted in significant improvements in vehicle braking whilst maintaining directional control ove...