Title: A design procedure for the optimization of vehicle suspensions

Authors: X.-P. Lu, H.-L. Li, P. Papalambros

Addresses: Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. ' Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. ' Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Abstract: The optimal design of passive suspensions in a nonlinear programming formulation is considered, based upon statistical analysis of vehicle vibrations and dynamic loads. The method of monotonicity analysis is employed in the optimization study which results in a special-purpose design algorithm. The simplicity of the computations allows fast and inexpensive past-optimal parametric study and development of design charts that give the optimal quantities for any given input.

Keywords: suspension design; nonlinear programming; monotonicity analysis; optimal design; vehicle design; vehicle suspension; passive suspensions; nonlinear programming; vehicle vibration; dynamic loads.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.1984.061093

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 1984 Vol.5 No.1/2, pp.129 - 142

Published online: 25 May 2014 *

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