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This paper derives a parameterization of the set of all stabilizing controllers for a given plant which leaves some prespecified closed-loop transfer function fixed. This result is motivated by the need to independently shape several different disturbance transmission paths in vehicle active suspension control. The result is studied in the context of quarter-, half-, and full-car vehicle models...

This paper reported the numerical analysis technique to investigate the influence of spring stiffness in automotive suspension towards improving the vehicle ride and performance. There are three type of spring’s stiffness categories which have been used to conduct the numerical analysis; soft, medium and hard. Using the full vehicle model and front suspension mathematical model, the study on ro...

Suspension system of a vehicle is used to minimize the effect of different road disturbances for ride comfort and improvement of vehicle control. A passive suspension system responds only to the deflection of the strut. The main objective of this work is to design an efficient active suspension control for a full car model with 8-Degrees Of Freedom (DOF) using adaptive soft-computing technique....

This paper describes a finite element computer simulation of a New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) full scale crash test. The full scale test selected for this study is a 30mph frontal impact of a 1993 Ford Taurus vehicle into a rigid flat wall. Finite element models of a Ford Taurus vehicle, a Hybrid III dummy, and a driver side airbag were combined to simulate the test. The vehicle, dummy, and ...

One of main NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) deliverables for Chrysler Development System (CDS) is a fully correlated finite element model to be used for the referencing and the target setting process for the future program. To satisfy CDS requirements, a comprehensive feasibility study using the finite element modeling techniques along with the experimental methods to validate the CAE (Com...