Lateral stability control based on the roll moment distribution using a semiactive suspension

Abstract

Abstract.A semi-active suspension design based on the traditional method of skyhook control is not capable of effectively controlling the attitude of the vehicle. However, an innovative approach called decoupling skyhook control allows the attitude of the vehicle body and its vibration characteristics to be effectively controlled. In this paper, a new decoupling skyhook controller for semi-active suspension is presented. Vehicle body motions in the three directions of vertical, pitch, and roll have been adopted to develop three skyhook controllers and directly control the vehicle body attitude. Furthermore, three orientation skyhook control forces are converted into actual damping forces of four adjustable dampers through the input decoupling transformation. The simulation results show that the developed controller is more effective than the traditional skyhook control in improving ride comfort.Keywords: Skyhook control, Input decoupling, Semi-active suspension. IntroductionSince the skyhook control scheme was introduced in the early 1970s by D. Karnopp, this method has been used in many vibration isolation applications [1]. In active and semi-active suspension control, the skyhook control scheme is an extremely effective control strategy and has been used in some commercial applications. Moreover, the skyhook scheme is often used as the reference model for other control strategies because of its simplicity and its prominent effect in improving ride comfort [2][3][4].To develop the semi-active control algorithm for a full-vehicle system, two different methodologies can be used [5]. One methodology uses the quarter car model to develop the control algorithm, which is then implemented in a full vehicle model for controlling and analysis [6][7][8]. However, this methodology does not directly consider the pitch and roll motions of the vehicle. Furthermore, four accelerometers on the four corner points of the sprung mass are usually used to design controllers. As the aim of the suspension is to control the acceleration felt by the passengers, this acceleration should be considered at the vehicle's center of gravity and not over the wheels. Thus, the control of the body posture may be inadequate.Another methodology uses a full-vehicle model to directly control both the vertical motion (heave) and the angular motion (pitch and roll) of the vehicle body [9,10]. The advantage of this methodology is that a control strategy can be designed that effectively controls the attitude of the sprung mass and suppresses the vibration of the suspension. In [9], three fuzzy controllers are designed to produce three forces z f ,  f and  f to suppress the heave, pitch, and roll

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