OPTIMAL AND SUBOPTIMAL LINEAR ACTIVE SUSPENSIONS FOR ROAD VEHICLES

By employing acceleration feedback a body spring of arbitrary stiffness may be incorporated in an active vehicle suspension design without loss of optimality. Furthermore, as a practical simplification the necessary body position feedback may be measured relative to the axle rather than to the road. This entails only a slight loss in performance and results in a suboptimal system with a simplified feedback structure. The effects of the performance index weighting factors on the Eigenvalues of the optimal system are discussed. (TRRL)

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  Swets & Zeitlinger

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• Authors:
  • THOMPSON, A G
• Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 61-72
• Serial:
  • Vehicle System Dynamics
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0042-3114
  • EISSN: 1744-5159
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/nvsd20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Control devices; Design; Feedback control; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Mechanical acceleration; Optimization; Simulation; Stiffness; Suspension systems; Vehicle performance; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Feedback; Optimum
• Old TRIS Terms: Optimum design
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 3874: Control; 6473: Mathematical model; 9103: Simulation; 5931: Stiffness; 1329: Suspension (veh); 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393321
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM