Study on the ride comfort of vehicles driven by in-wheel motors

Autor: Liqiang Jin, Yajing Yu, Yue Fu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Vol 8 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1687-8140
16878140
DOI: 10.1177/1687814016633622
Popis: Vehicles driven by in-wheel motors have received more and more attention. However, due to the introduction of in-wheel motors, the ratio between unsprung and sprung mass is increased. In this article, to study the influence of this change on ride comfort of vehicles driven by in-wheel motors, an 11 degrees of freedom of vehicle ride comfort model will be presented and studied with MATLAB/Simulink. Then, road tests will be conducted to corroborate the simulation results. It can be obtained that the vehicle ride comfort becomes poor with the increasing unsprung mass. Finally, semi-active air-suspension proportional–integral–derivative control system will be proposed to improve the vehicle ride comfort. Through the simulation results, one can come to a conclusion that the proportional–integral–derivative control system for air suspension is feasible and effective to improve the ride comfort of the vehicles driven by in-wheel motors.
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