Rear axle suspensions with controlled damping on agricultural tractors

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-147

  Hansson, Per Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Agricultural; Semi active suspension; Tractor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; AXLES; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED ACTUATOR BANDWIDTH; REAR AXLE SUSPENSION; SEMIACTIVE DAMPING ELEMENTS;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

EID: 0030192363     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1699(96)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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