R. Rosli, Z. Mohamed, G. Priyandoko
With the rapid development of electronic sensor and actuator technology, semi-active seat suspension system has become even more practical driven by lower power consumption. Magneto-rheological (MR) dampers are among the best and the most reliable semi active control devices that can produce controllable damping force in seat suspension system to further improve the ride comfort. This paper focus on a new controller scheme named Active Force Control (AFC) to control the damping force of the MR damper to achieve better ride comfort. The phenomenological Bouc-Wen model for MR damper has been simulated in Matlab Simulink to study the effectiveness of the new AFC controller. A sinusoidal signal simulated as vibration source is applied to the seat suspension system to investigate the improvement of ride comfort as well as to ascertain the new AFC controller robustness. Comparison of body acceleration signals from the passive suspension with AFC controller semi active seat suspension system shows improvement to the occupant ride comfort under different vibration intensities. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Advanced Structural Integrity and Vibration Research Group, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), UMP Pekan, Pahang, 26600, Malaysia; Teknik Elektro, Universitas Widyagama, Malang, Indonesia
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