A motion-scheduled LPV control of full car vertical dynamics

In this paper, we present a motion-scheduled LPV/H_∞ suspension controller that takes into account the three main motions of the vehicle vertical dynamics: bounce, roll and pitch motions. The new approach aims, by using a motion detection method, at designing a controller which is able to adapt the suspension forces at the four corners of the vehicle, in order to mitigate the road-induced effects. The motion detection strategy is based on the supervison of load transfer distributions (pitch and roll motions). The main idea of the LPV control is to use three scheduling parameters, representative of the motion distribution of the car dynamics, in order to adapt and distribute efficiently the suspension actuators. A full 7 degree of freedom (DOF) vertical model is used to describe the body motion (chassis and wheels) and to synthesize the LPV controller. The controller solution, derived in the LPV/H_∞ framework, is based on the LMI solution for polytopic systems. Some simulation results are presented that show the effectiveness of this approach.