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Simulation of PID and fuzzy logic controller for integrated seat suspension of a quarter car with driver model for different road profiles

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Passenger travel comfort is important while analyzing the vibration control of a quarter car model. To achieve the same, various control strategies are employed by the researchers for a 2 Degree of freedom (DOF) quarter car model. We analyzed travel comfort of the passenger by designing and simulating the PID controller and Fuzzy logic controller (FLC) for an 8 DOF quarter car with integrated seat suspension and driver model. While testing the performance of the controllers, the system was subjected to four types of road disturbance individually. The responses were compared with each other along with the passive system. The results show that FLC increases the ride quality better than the PID and passive system.

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S. Rajendiran received his B.Tech., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, from Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, in 1997 and post-graduation in control and instrumentation from Anna University in 2003. Currently he is an Assistant professor in Pondicherry Engineering College and on deputation to Anna University for doing research. His research interests are in the areas of vibration control, optimization techniques and intelligent control.

P. Lakshmi received her B.E. from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, M.S. and Ph.D. from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai. She is a Professor, EEE Department, College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Her areas of interest are intelligent controllers, process control and power system stability.

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Rajendiran, S., Lakshmi, P. Simulation of PID and fuzzy logic controller for integrated seat suspension of a quarter car with driver model for different road profiles. J Mech Sci Technol 30, 4565–4570 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-016-0927-6

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