Vibration Characteristics Control of Resonance Point in Vehicle: Fundamental Considerations of Control System without Displacement and Velocity Information

• Published in: Vibration 2023-03, Vol.6 (1), p.1-10
• Main Authors: Ikeda, Keigo, Kuroda, Jumpei, Uchino, Daigo, Ogawa, Kazuki, Endo, Ayato, Kato, Taro, Kato, Hideaki, Narita, Takayoshi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acceleration; Active control; active seat suspension; Automobiles, Compact; Biometrics; Control; Control algorithms; Control equipment; Control systems; Control theory; Feedback control; Frequency response; Investigations; Mechanical properties; Passenger comfort; Resonance; ride comfort; ultra-compact vehicle; Vehicles; Velocity; Vibration control
• ISSN: 2571-631X; 2571-631X
• DOI: 10.3390/vibration6010001

The deterioration of ride comfort in ultra-compact vehicles has recently become an increasing concern. Active seat suspension was proposed to improve the ride comfort of ultra-compact vehicles. An active seat suspension is a vibration control device that is easily installed. The general vibration control system of the active seat suspension is fed back to the displacement and velocity by integrating the measured seat acceleration. This control has problems, such as control delay and deviation by integration. In this study, we focused on vibration control using acceleration directly. First, we established a control model that feeds back the acceleration to terminate the error occurring in the integral process and investigated the change in vibration characteristics in the case where the feedback gain of acceleration was changed. Second, the control system was analyzed to investigate the performance of the control based on the frequency characteristics. As a result, it was confirmed that the frequency response changes when the feedback gain is changed. In acceleration feedback control, ride comfort was improved by selecting a proper feedback gain because the characteristics of frequency were changed by the gain.