Optimization of Nonlinear Passive Suspension System to Minimize Road Damage for Heavy Goods Vehicle

Major contributors to the road damage are Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV), resulting in high maintenance costs of roads. This high cost makes it necessary to look into the issue seriously for minimizing the road damage. An Automobile Engineer can reduce road damage through the efficient design of a suspension system. The design involves satisfying the two conflicting criteria of riding comfort and vehicle handling with the restriction on the suspension travel. This paper involves designing an automobile suspension system, to improve the performance of the vehicle without a significant change in the cost of the suspension system and minimize road damage. To achieve the aforesaid objective, the use of a nonlinear passive suspension is suitable as compared to a linear passive suspension system. For the analysis, a HGV model of vehicle suspension has been considered. The suspension system considered for investigation comprises of a cubical nonlinear spring and a linear damper. Road damage has been represented by the fourth power of the tire dynamic load. A genetic algorithm has been used to optimize the half truck model to minimize road damage. The solution has been obtained using MATLAB and SIMULINK.

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Active Vehicle Suspension Control Using Full State-Feedback Controller

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1115.440 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1115 ◽

pp. 440-445 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Musa Mohammed Bello ◽

Amir Akramin Shafie ◽

Raisuddin Khan

Keyword(s):

State Feedback ◽

Ride Comfort ◽

Active Suspension ◽

Suspension System ◽

Feedback Controller ◽

Vehicle Suspension ◽

Passive Suspension ◽

Full State ◽

Full State Feedback ◽

Passive Suspension System

The main purpose of vehicle suspension system is to isolate the vehicle main body from any road geometrical irregularity in order to improve the passengers ride comfort and to maintain good handling stability. The present work aim at designing a control system for an active suspension system to be applied in today’s automotive industries. The design implementation involves construction of a state space model for quarter car with two degree of freedom and a development of full state-feedback controller. The performance of the active suspension system was assessed by comparing it response with that of the passive suspension system. Simulation using Matlab/Simulink environment shows that, even at resonant frequency the active suspension system produces a good dynamic response and a better ride comfort when compared to the passive suspension system.

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Handling transient response of a vehicle with a planar suspension system

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering ◽

10.1177/0954407011408514 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 225 (11) ◽

pp. 1445-1461 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J J Zhu ◽

A Khajepour ◽

E Esmailzadeh

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Direction ◽

Suspension System ◽

Vehicle Suspension ◽

Vehicle Handling ◽

Handling Performance ◽

Conventional Vehicle ◽

The Road ◽

Vehicle Suspension System ◽

Novel Design ◽

Better Than

A novel design of a planar suspension system (PSS) is proposed to overcome the limitation of a conventional vehicle suspension system that cannot sufficiently absorb the vibrations and shocks caused by the road obstacles in the longitudinal direction because of the very stiff longitudinal connections between the chassis and the wheels. The rather stiff longitudinal linkages are replaced by a spring–damper strut. The results of the investigation into the transient handling behaviour of a vehicle with a PSS in three different scenarios are presented. These include a vehicle turning on a bumpy road, a vehicle turning combined with braking, and a lane change manoeuvre combined with acceleration. The results obtained from this study demonstrate that the PSS vehicle can effectively suppress the vibrations and shocks in the longitudinal direction without causing the handling performance to deteriorate. It has been shown that the vehicle-handling behaviour is generally comparable with, and under some conditions even better than, those reported for vehicles with a conventional suspension system.

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Application Research on Elastomer Damper in Tracked Vehicle Suspension System

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.138-139.193 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 138-139 ◽

pp. 193-198

Author(s):

Zhong Si Xu ◽

Tie Xiong Su ◽

Gang Li ◽

Kai Wang

Keyword(s):

Degrees Of Freedom ◽

Suspension System ◽

Dynamics Simulation ◽

Vehicle Suspension ◽

Application Research ◽

Tracked Vehicle ◽

Passive Suspension ◽

Passive Suspension System ◽

System Breakdown ◽

Vehicle Suspension System

Because traditional passive suspension system can’t meet with the requirement of ride in all kinds of roads, elastomer damper was designed and installed on the limiting stopper of the suspension system. Two degrees of freedom model of suspension system with elastomer damper was built and its dynamics simulation was done by use of the software Recurdyn. The simulation results show that the application of elastomer damper can improve the ride of tracked vehicle; the striking force apparently decreases when suspension system has broken down and the probability of suspension system breakdown has been obviously reduced, all of which illustrates the elastomer damper has an obvious dampening effect on the tracked vehicle. Keywords: elastomer damper, tracked vehicle, suspension system, dynamics simulation

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ANALISA KENYAMANAN PADA KENDARAAN MULTIGUNA PEDESAAN DENGAN PEMODELAN 8 DOF

Manutech : Jurnal Teknologi Manufaktur ◽

10.33504/manutech.v8i01.78 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (01) ◽

pp. 19-23

Author(s):

Nanda Pranandita

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Simulation Software ◽

Suspension System ◽

Vehicle Suspension ◽

Vertical Acceleration ◽

Acceleration Response ◽

Passive Suspension ◽

Passive Suspension System ◽

Simulation Results ◽

Vehicle Suspension System

Vehicle suspension system is an important part to minimize the vibration of the vehicle caused by road unevenness. Ideal conditions would be difficult to obtain, especially in rural areas with uneven road conditions. Analysis of passive suspension system in this study is expected to explain the level of comfort in riding Rural Multipurpose Vehicles. Full car modelling with 1 DOF riders used in this study, simulated using numerical simulation software. Excitation roads used in the form of a sinusoidal wave with an amplitude of 0.05 m and a wavelength of 0.5 m. Analysis carried out on the comfort of the vertical acceleration response received driver’s head. Based on the simulation results showed that by using a constant speed between 20-40 km / h, the vehicle will be comfortable driving for more than 2.5 hours.

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Comparative Analysis of Different Model-Based Controllers Using Active Vehicle Suspension System

Algorithms ◽

10.3390/a13010010 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yumna Shahid ◽

Minxiang Wei

Keyword(s):

Sliding Mode Control ◽

Sliding Mode ◽

Suspension System ◽

Vehicle Suspension ◽

Linear Quadratic ◽

Passive Suspension ◽

Mode Control ◽

Uncertain Dynamics ◽

Passive Suspension System ◽

Vehicle Suspension System

This paper deals with the active vibration control of a quarter-vehicle suspension system. Damping control methods investigated in this paper are: higher-order sliding mode control (HOSMC) based on super twisting algorithm (STA), first-order sliding mode control (FOSMC), integral sliding mode control (ISMC), proportional integral derivative (PID), linear quadratic regulator (LQR) and passive suspension system. Performance comparison of different active controllers are analyzed in terms of vertical displacement, suspension travel and wheel deflection. The theoretical, quantitative and qualitative analysis verify that the STA-based HOSMC exhibits better performance as well as negate the undesired disturbances with respect to FOSMC, ISMC, PID, LQR and passive suspension system. Furthermore, it is also robust to intrinsic bounded uncertain dynamics of the model.

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SIMULATING PASSIVE SUSPENSION ON AN UNEVEN TRACK SURFACE

Journal of Engineering Studies and Research ◽

10.29081/jesr.v20i1.82 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

FLORIN ANDRONIC ◽

IOAN MIHAI ◽

IOAN-COZMIN MANOLACHE-RUSU ◽

LILIANA PĂTULEANU ◽

IVAN RADION

Keyword(s):

Degrees Of Freedom ◽

Suspension System ◽

Driving Safety ◽

Passive Suspension ◽

Quarter Car Model ◽

Suspension Systems ◽

Automobile Suspension ◽

Passive Suspension System ◽

Track Surface ◽

Simulation Scheme

<p>Automobile suspension systems have an important role in a vehicle's functioning, especially with regard to driving safety. In the present paper we exhibit the equations that characterize a passive suspension system. Considering that solving the equations is extremely cumbersome we developed a simulation scheme in MATLAB Simulink. The simulation allows for an analysis of the behavior of the passive suspension system on any uneven track surface whose configuration is ensured by stimulus signals. For the simulation we used the quarter car model. The suspension was chosen as having two degrees of freedom. </p>

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Comparison of Control Strategies Applied to Nonlinear Quarterly Car Passive Suspension System

International Review of Automatic Control (IREACO) ◽

10.15866/ireaco.v8i3.5833 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 203

Author(s):

Muhammad Sani Gaya ◽

Amir Bature ◽

Lukman A. Yusuf ◽

I. S. Madugu ◽

Ukashatu Abubakar ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Control Strategies ◽

Suspension System ◽

Passive Suspension ◽

Passive Suspension System

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Intelligent system identification for an axis of car passive suspension system using real data

2009 6th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications ◽

10.1109/isma.2009.5164792 ◽

2009 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dirman Hanafi ◽

Mohd. Fua'ad bin Rahmat ◽

Zainal Abidin bin Ahmad ◽

Amran bin Mohd Zaid

Keyword(s):

System Identification ◽

Intelligent System ◽

Real Data ◽

Suspension System ◽

Passive Suspension ◽

Passive Suspension System

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Multi-Objective Optimal Design of Passive Suspension System With Inerter Damper

Volume 3: Modeling and Validation; Multi-Agent and Networked Systems; Path Planning and Motion Control; Tracking Control Systems; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Application; Unmanned Ground and Aerial Vehicles; Vibration in Mechanical Systems; Vibrations and Control of Systems; Vibrations: Modeling, Analysis, and Control ◽

10.1115/dscc2018-9011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Xiaotian Xu ◽

Yousef Sardahi ◽

Chenyu Zheng

Keyword(s):

Optimal Design ◽

Suspension System ◽

Design Parameters ◽

Head Acceleration ◽

Crest Factor ◽

Nsga Ii ◽

Passive Suspension ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Passive Suspension System ◽

Unsprung Mass

This paper presents a many-objective optimal design of a four-degree-of-freedom passive suspension system with an inerter device. In the optimization process, four objectives are considered: passenger’s head acceleration (HA), crest factor (CF), suspension deflection (SD), and tire deflection (TD). The former two objectives are important for the health and comfort of the driver and the latter two quantify the suspension system performance. The spring ks and damping cs constants between the sprung mass and unsprung mass, the inertance coefficient B, and the tire spring constant ky are considered as design parameters. The non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is used to solve this optimization problem. The results show that there are many optimal trade-offs among the design objectives that could be applicable to suspension design in the industry.

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