Title: Vibration isolation for engine mount systems using an active hybrid robust controller

Authors: Jian-Da Wu, Fu-Cheng Su, Wen-Kung Tseng

Addresses: Institute of Vehicle and Rail Technology, National Changhua University of Education, 2, She-Ta Rd., Changhua City, Changhua 500, Taiwan, ROC. ' Department of Vehicle Engineering, Dayeh University, Changhua 515, Taiwan, ROC. ' Department of Electrical Engineering, Nan-Kai College, Tsao-Tun Town, Nantou County 542, Taiwan, ROC

Abstract: In this paper, a hybrid robust controller is proposed for reducing vibration on single input/single output (SISO) and multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) engine mount systems. The controller is designed to achieve robust stability and fast convergence by using a combination of the filtered-x least mean squares (FXLMS) and H_∞ robust control methods. Plant response is identified by a frequency-domain technique and implemented on a floating-point digital signal processor. Experiments are carried out to evaluate and compare the performance of feedforward control, feedback control and the proposed hybrid control for reducing vibration of two test engine mounts. The results show that the proposed hybrid technique is effective in reducing the vibration and, for the cases compared, results in the best performance for SISO and MIMO engine mount systems.

Keywords: vibration isolation; digital signal processor; DSP; hybrid robust controller; active control; vibration reduction; vehicle vibration; frequency domain; robust control; engine mounting; hybrid control.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVNV.2005.007526

International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, 2005 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.251 - 264

Published online: 02 Aug 2005 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article