Design of A Modified Linear Quadratic Regulator For Vibration Control of Suspension Systems
Design of A Modified Linear Quadratic Regulator For Vibration Control of Suspension Systems
Design of A Modified Linear Quadratic Regulator For Vibration Control of Suspension Systems
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Abstract-This paper is concerned with the construction of a A quarter car model has been controlled using sliding
prototype active vehicle suspension system for a one-wheel mode control concept [5]. In their investigation, the
car model by using a modified Linear Quadric Regulator sliding mode control denoted as the active control is
(LQR). The experimental system is approximately described relatively simpler in the structure of the controller than
by non-linear system with two degrees of freedom subject to those based on fuzzy reasoning and neural network, and it
excitation from a road profile. The active control at the guarantees the system stability. The quarter car model to
suspension location is designed by using feedback constant be considered here is approximately described as a non-
gain controller structure. The experimental results show linear two degrees-of-freedom (DOF) system subject to
that the active suspension system with LQR more improves excitation from a road profile. The time variation of the
the control performance than standard PID controller. On road profile is assumed to be unknown, and it is estimated
the other hand, the results improved that the modified LQR by using the minimum order observer on the basis of a
has superior performance for controlling suspension linear system transformed from the exact non-linear
systems in real time. system.
Keywords: Suspension system, Linear Quadratic Regulator, To achieve a compromise between several performance
Vibration control requirements for uncertain active suspension systems,
very recently a robust multi-objective controller was
I. INTRODUCTION designed for quarter-car model whose system matrices are
subject to parameter uncertainties characterized by a given
polytope [6]. The main objective there is to use a robust
Recently, the problem of active suspensions for car state-feedback controller to achieve multiple performance
models has been much interested in the design and objectives for different controlled output signals. It is
development because the active suspensions relatively worth mentioning that the solutions are given in the
improve ride comfort of passengers in high-speed ground quadric framework.
transportation. A semi-active control of vehicle suspension system
The investigations of active suspension systems for car with magnetorheological MR damper has been presented
models have been drawn much interest in recent years. in [7]. In their paper, MR damper working in flow mode
The active suspension system is more effective to ride was designed. Performance testing was done for this
comfort of passengers, but its construction generally damper with INSTRON machine.
provides higher production cost then semi-active and
passive suspension systems [1]. The construction of the II. PROTOTYPE VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM
active suspension system is mainly based on linear The vehicle suspension systems basically consist of
quadric control theory where a car model is assumed to be wishbones, the spring, and shock absorber to transmit and
a linear or approximate linear system. However, as the car also filter all forces between body and road. The task of
model is practically denoted as a complicated system
including non-negligible non-linearity and uncertainty, the the spring is to carry the body-mass and to isolate the
derivation of the active control becomes relatively body from road disturbances and thus contributes to drive
complicated. Recently, various kinds of active suspension comfort. The damper contributes to both driving safety
systems have been derived for such complicated systems and comfort. Its task is the damping of body and vehicle
using the concepts of fuzzy reasoning [2], neural network oscillations, where the avoidance of wheel oscillations
[3] and sliding mode theory [4]. The obtained active directly refers to drive safety, as a non-bouncing wheel is
suspension systems provide more effective performance in the condition for transferring road-contact forces.
the vibration isolation of the car body, but need more Considering the vertical dynamics and taking into
complicated structure in the suspension system than the account the vehicles symmetry, a suspension can in a
linear active suspension system derived on the basis of first step be reduced to the so-called quarter-car model as
LQR theory. shown in Figure 1(a). A quarter-car model consists of
one-fourth of the body mass, suspension components and