Comparison of On-Off Control Strategies for a Semi-Active Automotive Suspension using HiL

Author

Santos, J. J L ; Martínez, J. C T ; Menendez, R.M. ; Mendoza, R. A R

Author_Institution

Tecnol. de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

Volume

10

Issue

5

fYear

2012

Firstpage

2045

Lastpage

2052

Abstract

New results have shown good performance in comfort or road holding of on/off control strategies for automotive semi-active suspension systems. Even tough, there are not optimal solutions for both goals simultaneously. A Frequency Estimation Based (FEB) controller that exploits the full damping variation of an Magneto-Rheological (MR) damper is proposed. This controller adapts its output according to several frequency bandwidths. A comparison with three commercial controllers is included based on a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) approach. The FEB controller outperforms the benchmarks control strategies by 11.2 % in comfort. For road holding all strategies are similar; however, FEB controller works better for both goal simultaneously.

Keywords

automotive components; damping; frequency estimation; magnetorheology; shock absorbers; suspensions (mechanical components); vibration control; FEB controller; HiL approach; MR damper; damping variation; frequency estimation based controller; hardware-in-the-loop; magnetorheological damper; on-off control strategies; road holding; semiactive automotive suspensions; Chirp; Frequency control; Frequency estimation; Instruments; Road transportation; Suspensions; Comfort; Hardware-in-the-Loop; MR Damper; Quarter of Vehicle; Road Holding; Semi-Active Suspension;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1548-0992

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TLA.2012.6362347

Filename

6362347