• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.98-106
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• 1998

In this study a control law and performance potential of semi-active suspensions for a tractor/semi-trailer have been investigated. The control law for airbag semi-active suspensions modeled in this study is developed using feedback linearization and Linear Quadratic (LQ) optimal control method. Inherent nonlinearity of the airbag suspensions has been considered in the control law development. It has been shown that the proposed semi-active control law provides better performance than that of well known sky-hook damping control strategy.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.71-78
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• 2002

This paper is concerned with the design and implementation of magnetic damper system to reduce the vibration of suspension system actively. Cylindrical type electro-magnetic actuator with permanent magnet is analyzed and effective controller design is made. Magnetic force analyzed and transfer function for the total system is determined by experimental data using error minimization method. For experiments, simple suspension structure system is utilized, in which a magnetic damper composed of permanent magnet and digital controller is attached. In order to drive the system, bipolar power amplifier of voltage control type is utilized. Stable and high speed control board is used to perform digital control logic for the given system. This paper shows that the magnetic damper system using phase-lead controller excellently reduces vibration of 1-D.O.F (degree of freedom) suspension system.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.102-109
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• 2000

This paper deals with an observer-based preview control for semi-active suspensions. An Observer has been designed such that all the state variables and road inputs can be estimated from accelerations. Since the road input to the rear wheels is a delayed version of that to the front wheels, it can be obtained by estimating the road input to the front wheels without preview the estimated values of state and the estimated road input has been investigated. The results show that the observer-based control can provide good performance. The observer-based preview control improves the dynamic behavior of the rear axle and that of pitch motion compared to the LQ optimal control.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.439-446
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• 2016

An in-wheel motor vehicle is a type of car that is equipped with an electric motor for each wheel. It is possible to acquire vehicle stability through a seperate driving torque control per wheel, since it directly generates the driving torque via the wheel motors. However, the vehicle ride comfort and road holding performance worsen depending on the increase of the wheel weights. In order to compensate for the impaired performance, an integrated chassis control system of the rear in-wheel motor vehicle is proposed. The proposed integrated chassis control system is composed of a driving torque control system, a semi-active suspension system, and an ESC system. According to the vehicle dynamic simulation of an in-wheel motor vehicle equipped with the integrated chassis control system, it is found that the system can improve the driving stability, ride comfort, and driving efficiency of the in-wheel motor vehicle.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.257-263
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• 2022

Active stabilizers use signals such as steering angle, yaw rate, and lateral acceleration to vary the roll stiffness of the front and rear suspension depending on the vehicle's driving conditions, and are attracting attention as RSC (Roll Stability Control) system that suppresses roll when turning and improves ride comfort when going straight. Various studies have been conducted in relation to active stabilizer bars and RSC systems. However, accurate modeling of passive stabilizer model and active stabilizer model and vehicle dynamics analysis result verification are insufficient, and performance result analysis related to vehicle roll angle estimation and electric motor control is insufficient. Therefore, in this study, an accurate vehicle dynamics model was constructed by measuring the passive/active stabilizer bar model and component parameters. Based on this, the analysis result with high reliability was derived by comparing the roll angle estimation algorithm based on the lateral acceleration and suspension of the vehicle with the actual vehicle driving test result. In addition, it was intended to accurately analyze the motor torque characteristics and roll reduction effects of the electric motor-driven RSC system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.168-175
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• 2002

The hydraulic acoustic attenuator fur an automotive active suspension system is so highly nonlinear and of high order that the analysis in time-domain has been performed quite little. In this paper, a state-space representation of the dynamics for a hydraulic attenuator was presented utilizing the electrical analogy. And the results of experiment were compared with those of simulation to validate the state-space model proposed. The comparison revealed that the state-space model proposed is practically applicable to estimate the dynamic responses of the hydraulic attenuator in time-domain.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.77-88
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• 2004

Narrow commuter vehicles can address many congestion, parking and pollution issues associated with urban transportation. In making narrow vehicles safe, comfortable and acceptable to the public, active tilt control systems are likely to playa crucial role. This paper focuses on the development of an active direct tilt control system for a narrow vehicle that utilizes an actuator in the vehicle suspension. A simple PD controller can stabilize the tilt dynamics of the vehicle to any desired tilt angle. However, the challenges in the tilt control system design arise in determining the desired lean angle in real-time and in minimizing tilt actuator torque requirements. Minimizing torque requirements requires the tilting and turning of the vehicle to be synchronized as closely as possible. This paper explores two different control design approaches to meet these challenges. A Receding Horizon Controller (RHC) is first developed so as to systematically incorporate preview on road curvature and synchronize tilting with driver initiated turning. Second, a nonlinear control system that utilizes feedback linearization is developed and found to be effective in reducing torque. A close analysis of the complex feedback linearization controller provides insight into which terms are important for reducing actuator effort. This is used to reduce controller complexity and obtain a simple nonlinear controller that provides good performance.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.633-641
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• 2015

The ROM (roll over mitigation) system is a next-generation suspension system that can improve vehicle-driving stability and ride comfort. Currently, mass-produced safety systems, such as ESC (electronic stability control) and ECS (electronic control suspension), enable measurements of longitudinal and lateral acceleration as well as yaw rate through inertial sensor clusters, but they lack direct measurements of the roll angle. Therefore, in this paper, a roll angle estimation algorithm from ESC system sensors and tire normal force has been proposed. Furthermore, this study presents a method for roll over mitigation force distribution between the front and rear of a ROM system. Performance and reliability of the roll angle estimation and roll over mitigation force distribution were investigated through simulations. The simulation results showed that the proposed control algorithm and strategy are reliable during vehicle rollovers.

• Journal of Drive and Control
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.1-7
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 에어 서스펜션 시스템의 제어 특성을 분석하는 것이다. 우선 에어 서스펜션 시스템의 수학적 모델을 구하였다. 그리고 퍼지 제어 알고리즘을 적용하여 반능동식 하이브리드 제어 에어 서스펜션을 구하였다. 차체 가속도에 따라 퍼지 제어기는 오리피스 개도를 변경하여 특정 영역에서 에어 스프링의 강도를 조정한다. 동시에 서스펜션 운동 상태에 따라 서스펜션 댐핑이 제어된다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 반능동식 하이브리드 제어 에어 서스펜션이 노면 접지능력의 상실이나 서스펜션 작동 공간의 증가 없이 최고의 승차감을 제공할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.19-29
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• 1994

본 연구에서는 상태방정식과 출력방정식에 외란항을 포함하게 된다. 최적조건을 이용하여 외란항을 포함한 리카티 방정식을 유도하고 그로부터 제어로직을 얻을 수 있다. 본 연구에서의 차량 모델링은 스프링 위 질량 3자유도와 스프링 아래 질량 4자유도 운전석의 연직방향 1자유도를 포함한 총 자유도의 선형모델로 하였다. 또 본 연구에서는 예견제어를 이용하였는데 차량앞에 미리 도로면의 정보를 인식할 수 있는 가상적인 측정장치가 있다고 가정하였다. 결과에서는 기존의 수동형 현가장치와 최적제어를 이용한 능동형 현가장치를 구분하고, 예견시간에 따른 차량의 성능을 비교 분석하였다.