Title: Construction of an active suspension system of a quarter car model using fuzzy reasoning based on single input rule modules

Authors: Toshio Yoshimura, Hirofumi Kubota, Kazuyoshi Takei, Masao Kurimoto, Junichi Hino

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Minamijosanjima-cho 2-1, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Minamijosanjima-cho 2-1, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Minamijosanjima-cho 2-1, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Minamijosanjima-cho 2-1, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Minamijosanjima-cho 2-1, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan

Abstract: This paper presents the construction of an active suspension system for a quarter car model using fuzzy reasoning. The active control is obtained as a weighted sum of the defuzzificated values of the outputs in single input rule modules, and is generated by using a pneumatic actuator. The experimental result indicates that the proposed active control is more effective in the vibration isolation of the vehicle body than the skyhook damper and passive controls.

Keywords: active suspension system; fuzzy reasoning; single input rule modules; pneumatic actuator; quarter car model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2000.001897

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 2000 Vol.23 No.3/4, pp.297-306

Published online: 18 Aug 2003 *

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