Optimization of Damper Top Mount Characteristics to Improve Vehicle Ride Comfort and Harshness

Table 4

Body vertical acceleration and damper top mount deformation for optimization cases.

Optimization; set	RMS; B.Acc. (m/s^2); R&H	RMS; TMD (m); R&H	Peak-to-Peak B.Acc. (m/s^2); IH	Peak-to-Peak TMD (m); IH
Nominal	1.4333	0.00233	13.5064	0.0152
Optimum Ride	1.3946	0.00086	13.5949	0.0070
Optimum harshness	1.4296	0.00186	13.6331	0.0133
Combined optimum	1.4314	0.00177	13.1920	0.0118