Damping multi-model adaptive switching controller design for electronic air suspension system

This paper presents the design and verification of a damping multi-model adaptive switching controller for electronic air suspension (EAS) system. In order to improve the convergence rate of identification algorithm of conventional adaptive controller, multiple local linear full-car vehicle models of EAS system with fixed parameters are established according to the actual damping control process of EAS for different vehicle driving conditions and an adaptive model whose initial value of parameters can be re-assigned is introduced to enhance the system control precision. The model switching control strategy based on minimum error is used to select the best matching model online and the optimum damping force is regulated by adaptive control algorithm, thus constituting the damping multi-model adaptive control for EAS. Simulation results show that the control method proposed in this paper can improve the damping regulating performance of EAS effectively in wide range driving conditions, especially for the case of sudden change in driving conditions.

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