Research Article

Active Control of Nonlinear Suspension System Using Modified Adaptive Supertwisting Controller

Table 1

RMS values of suspension deflection, tire deflection, and vertical acceleration.

Road class (m) (m) (m/s2)
Passive Active Passive Active Passive Active

B (good)0.000919 0.000272 0.000729 0.000682 0.5440 0.5253
C (average)0.0024 0.0019 0.0019 0.0013 1.4068 0.9462
D (poor)0.0051 0.0028 0.0040 0.0019 2.9747 1.4017
E (very poor)0.0103 0.0032 0.0081 0.0040 6.0613 2.9376