Modeling and control active suspension system for a full car model

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of a full car model active suspension system using LQR controller. Dynamic model used in this study is a linear model. A linear model can capture basic performances of vehicle suspension such as body displacement, body acceleration, wheel displacement, wheel deflection, suspension travels, pitch and yawn. Performance of suspension system is determined by the ride comfort and vehicle handling. It can be measured by car body displacement and wheel displacement performance. Two types of road profiles are used as input for the system. Simulation is based on the mathematical model by using MATLAB/SIMULINK software. Results show that the performance of body displacement and wheel displacement can be improved by using Linear Quadratic Regulator control (LQR).

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