Study of art of automotive active suspensions

Author

Xue, X.D. ; Cheng, K.W.E. ; Zhang, Z. ; Lin, J.K. ; Wang, D.H. ; Bao, Y.J. ; Wong, M.K. ; Cheung, N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China

fYear

2011

fDate

8-10 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In this study, research and development of automotive active suspensions are reviewed. Structures and models of various automotive suspensions are described. Furthermore, typical commercial products of automotive suspensions are illustrated. Based on the reported studies and development, the authors discus the comparisons between various vehicular suspensions from the aspects of structure, weight, cost, ride comfort, handling performance, reliability, dynamic performance, energy recovery, and commercial maturity. Consequently, it is deduced that electromagnetic active suspensions are the future trend of automotive suspensions due to simple structure, high-bandwidth, accurate and flexible force control, high ride quality, good handling performance, and energy regeneration. At the same time, the issues of future research and development of electromagnetic active suspensions are proposed.

Keywords

automotive components; electromagnetic devices; force control; suspensions (mechanical components); automotive active suspensions; electromagnetic active suspensions; energy recovery; energy regeneration; flexible force control; good handling performance; high ride quality; vehicular suspensions; Actuators; Automotive engineering; Electromagnetics; Shock absorbers; Springs; Vehicles; Active suspensions; actuators; vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA), 2011 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0205-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESA.2011.5982958

Filename

5982958