Active suspension control to improve vehicle ride and handling

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-24

  Williams, Daniel E ^a   Haddad, Wassim M ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DAMPING; RIDING QUALITIES; SHOCK ABSORBERS;

ACTIVE SUSPENSION CONTROL; KARNOPP'S SKYHOOK DAMPER; LOTUS' MODAL CONTROL; MODAL DECOMPOSITION METHOD;

VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 0031188293     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423119708969346     Document Type: Article

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