Performance Index for a Preview Active Suspension Applied to a Quarter-Car Model

Author: Thompson A.G.   Pearce C.E.M.  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 0042-3114

Source: Vehicle System Dynamics, Vol.35, Iss.1, 2001-01, pp. : 55-66

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Abstract

A simple and convenient matrix expression is derived for the performance index in the case of a linear vehicle model with two degrees of freedom and a preview active suspension, subject to a unit step road input and employing optimal control. The usual quadratic integral-type performance index is assumed and the effect of an additional form of constraint is described briefly. The effects of preview time on the performance index and the optimal feed-forward control are illustrated graphically for a particular example.