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http://dx.doi.org/10.7735/ksmte.2012.21.4.683

Semi-Active Control of a Suspension System with a MR Damper of a Large-sized Bus  

Yoon, Ho-Sang ((주)현대자동차 남양연구소)
Moon, Il-Dong ((주)대한항공항공기술연구소)
Kim, Jae-Won (전북대학교 대학원 바이오나노시스템공학과)
Oh, Chae-Youn (전북대학교 기계시스템공학부)
Lee, Hyung-Won (전북대학교 대학원 기계시스템공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers / v.21, no.4, 2012 , pp. 683-690 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work, the semi-active control of a large-sized bus suspension system with an MR damper was studied. An MR damper model that can aptly describe the hysteretic characteristics of an MR damper was adopted. Parameter values of the MR damper model were suitably modified by considering the maximum damping force of a passive damper used in the suspension system of a real large-sized bus. In addition, a fuzzy logic controller was developed for semi-active control of a suspension system with an MR damper. The vertical acceleration at the attachment point of the MR damper and the relative velocity between sprung and unsprung masses were used as input variables, while voltage was used as the output variable. Straight-ahead driving simulations were performed on a road with a random road profile and on a flat road with a bump. In straight-ahead driving simulations, the vertical acceleration and pitch angle were measured to compare the riding performance of a suspension system with a passive damper with that of a suspension with an MR damper. In addition, a single lane change simulation was performed. In the simulation, the lateral acceleration and roll angle were measured in order to compare the handling performance of a suspension system using a passive damper with that of a suspension system using an MR damper.
Keywords
Semi-active control; MR damper; Large-sized bus; Computational model; Fuzzy logic control; Ride comfort; Handling; Random road profile; Single lane change;
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