skyhook surface sliding mode control on semi-active vehicle suspension system for ride comfort enhancementskyhook表面滑模控制对车辆半主动悬架系统的平顺性提高.pdf

Engineering, 2009, 1, 1-54 Published Online June 2009 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/eng/). Skyhook Surface Sliding Mode Control on Semi-Active Vehicle Suspension System for Ride Comfort Enhancement Yi Chen* Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom Email : yichen@mech.gla.ac.uk Received March 25, 2009; revised April 11, 2009; accepted April 18, 2009 Abstract A skyhook surface sliding mode control method was proposed and applied to the control on the semi-active vehicle suspension system for its ride comfort enhancement. A two degree of freedom dynamic model of a vehicle semi-active suspension system was given, which focused on the passenger’s ride comfort perform- ance. A simulation with the given initial conditions has been devised in MATLAB/SIMULINK. The simula- tion results were showing that there was an enhanced level of ride comfort for the vehicle semi-active sus- pension system with the skyhook surface sliding mode controller. Keywords: Sliding Mode Control, Skyhook Damper, Fuzzy Logic Control, Semi-Active Suspension System 1. Introduction damping coefficient of the shock absorber, it will not add additional energy to the suspension system. The SA sus- The ride comfort is one of the most important character- pension system is also less expensive and energy cost istics for a vehicle suspension system. By reducing the than active suspension system in operation [2]. In recent years, research on SA suspension system has been con- vibration transmission and keeping proper tire