A computerized approach to the design of automobile suspension system

Abstract The design of automobile suspension system has been rebellious the comfortableness and manipulation of the vehicle. This study not only proposes the dynamic model of a moving automobile mathematically, but also prepares the Matlab program to simulate and analyze the dynamic system comprehensively Additionally, the average data from several popular domestic small sedans are simulated with variant ground situations. Through the comparison and discussion of the simulated results, the compensation problem in between the comfortableness and manipulation with respect to different ground situations becomes observable and solvable. This study surely provides the applicable criteria to the design and development in this field, as well as contributes the valuable tool in analyzing and simulating the automobile suspension system.