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Semi-active control of a vehicle suspension using magneto-rheological damper

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A semi-active magneto-rheological (MR) damper was experimentally investigated and compared to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) damper for a passenger vehicle, by using a quarter car models. A full-scale two-degree-of-freedom quarter car experimental set-up was constructed to study the vehicle suspension. On-off skyhook controller and Fuzzy-Lyapunov skyhook controller (FLSC) were employed to control the input current for MR damper so as to achieve the desired damping force. Tests were done to evaluate the ability of MR damper for controlling vehicle vibration. Test results show that the semi-active MR vehicle suspension vibration control system is feasible. In comparison with OEM damper, on-off and FLSC controlled MR dampers can effectively reduce the acceleration of vehicle sprung mass by about 15% and 24%, respectively.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China

    Xue-zheng Jiang  (蒋学争) & Jiong Wang  (王炅)

  2. Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China

    Hong-sheng Hu  (胡红生)

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Foundation item: Project(51175265) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(CX10B_114Z) supported by Jiangsu College Graduate Research and Innovation Program, China; Project(BK2008415) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China; Project(Y1110313) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China

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Jiang, Xz., Wang, J. & Hu, Hs. Semi-active control of a vehicle suspension using magneto-rheological damper. J. Cent. South Univ. 19, 1839–1845 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-012-1217-9

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