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Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
Vol. 6, No. 7, July 2016, pp. 309-323.
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DOI NUMBER: 10.5958/2249-7315.2016.00427.5
Category: Science and Technology
Vibration Control of Quarter Car Integrated Seat
Suspension with Driver Modelusing Type -1 and Type -2
Fuzzy Logic Controllers
Rajendiran*; S Lakshmi, P**; Raj Kumar B***
*Research Scholar,
Department EEE College of Engineering,
Guindy Anna University,
India.
**Professor,
Department EEE College of Engineering,
Guindy Anna University,
India.
***Student,
Department EEE College of Engineering,
Guindy Anna University,
India.
Abstract
While travelling in a car the vibration is one of the disturbance to the system and the passengers.
When the vibration of a car is minimum then the travel comfort of the passenger is more and hence
the ride quality. To achieve the same various control strategies are used by the researchers for a 2
Degree Of Freedom (DOF) quarter car model. In this paper, ride quality is improved by designing
the Type 1 and Type 2 Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) for an 8 DOF quarter car with integrated seat
suspension and driver model. The performance of the controller is analyzed with the system is
S.Rajendiran is with the College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India. On leave from Pondicherry
Engineering College, Puducherry, India (phone: 91-9994398249; e-mail: eieraja@pec.edu).
Lakshmi, P. is with Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University,
Chennai, India (e-mail: p_lakshmi@annauniv.edu)
Rajkumar, B., is with the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, college of Engineering Guindy, Anna
University, Chennai, India (e-mail: brajkumareie@gmail.com).
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subjected to four types of road disturbance. The responses are compared with each other along with
the passive system. The results show that Type 2 FLC controls the vibration than the PID, Type 1
FLC and passive system.
Keywords: Type -2 FLC, PID, Quarter car with driver model, Integrated seat suspension, Types
of road profile, 8 DOF.
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