Research Article

A Noise-Insensitive Semi-Active Air Suspension for Heavy-Duty Vehicles with an Integrated Fuzzy-Wheelbase Preview Control

Table 3

Control performance with different control strategies.

Performance SF*APP*SFP*SFPW*SFPW versus APP

RMS front sprung mass acceleration0.44840.44770.19430.193956.69%
RMS rear sprung mass acceleration0.70120.22170.06650.060772.62%
RMS front tire deflection 0.00160.00440.00200.002054.55%
RMS rear tire deflection0.00055830.00180.00021920.000219087.83%
RMS front suspension deflection0.01940.00640.02580.0250−290.62%
RMS rear suspension deflection0.01360.00740.00880.0085−14.86%
5151.58715122.45605321.22735272.9123−2.94%
5125.86034398.94013882.37213748.868314.78%
5136.15104688.34654457.91424358.48597.04%

(i) SF: semi-active air suspension with fuzzy control.
(ii) APP: active suspension with PID-wheelbase preview control.
(iii) SFP: semi-active suspension with fuzzy-wheelbase preview control.
(iv) SFPW: semi-active suspension with fuzzy-wheelbase preview control and wavelet filter.