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International Journal of Vehicle Design

 

Special Issue on: "Recent developments in Active and Semi-Active Suspension System Design for Vehicular Applications"

Guest Editors:
Hui Zhang, The Ohio State University, USA
Xinjie Zhang, Jilin University
Mehdi Ahmadian, Virginia Tech, USA
Nong Zhang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Junmin Wang, The Ohio State University, USA

Suspension systems are of great importance to ride comfort, handing and safety of road vehicles. Unsurprisingly, the design of suspension systems has attracted considerable attentions during the past few decades. Compared with passive suspensions, active and semi-active suspension systems have the capacity to improve the compromise between ride, stability and handling by adjusting suspension damping in real time. Active and semi-active suspensions are expected to become an integral part of future vehicles, beyond the production vehicles that have already adopted them. The proliferation of such advanced systems is aided by the customer demand for improved vehicles, the broad availability of electronics and controllers in most automobiles and the emergence of electric vehicles with novel propulsions such as in-wheel independent electric drives.

The aim of this special issue is to document some of the recent advances in active and semi-active suspension research and development. Of particular interest are papers that are devoted to the most innovative design and control of advanced suspension systems with vehicular applications.

Subject Coverage
Suggested topics for submission are:

• Active and semi-active suspensions modelling and/or experimental analysis
• Novel control strategies
• Suspension system integration and cost control
• System reliability and life testing analysis
• Integration of advanced suspensions with other controllable systems, such as ESC, ABC, PTC, etc.
• Off-roading application of active and semi-active systems

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

Important Dates

Submission of full paper before: 9 June, 2014