TITLE:
Investigation of Semi-Active Hydro-Pneumatic Suspension for a Heavy Vehicle Based on Electro-Hydraulic Proportional Valve
AUTHORS:
Wenchao Yue, Shoucheng Li, Xiaojun Zou
KEYWORDS:
Hydro-Pneumatic Suspension, Semi-Active Control, Co-Simulation, Electro-Hydraulic Proportional Valve
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Engineering and Technology,
Vol.5 No.4,
November
16,
2017
ABSTRACT: Hydro-pneumatic suspension is widely used in heavy vehicles due to its nonlinear characteristics of stiffness and damping. However, the conventional passive hydro-pneumatic suspension can’t adjust parameters according to the complicated road environment of heavy vehicles to fulfill the requirements of the vehicle ride comfort. In this paper, a semi-active hydro-pneumatic suspension system based on the electro-hydraulic proportional valve control is proposed, and fuzzy control is used as the control strategy to adjust thedamping force of the semi-active hydro-pneumatic suspension. A 1/4semi-active hydro-pneumatic suspension model is established, which is co-simulated with AMESim and MATLAB/Simulink. The co-simulation results show that the semi-active hydro-pneumatic suspension system can significantly reduce vibration of the vehicle body, and improve the suspension performance comparing with passive hydro-pneumatic suspension.