Active suspension of passenger cars using sliding mode controllers (based on reduced models)

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 402-414

  Kurimoto, M ^a   Yoshimura, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active suspension; Irregular excitation; Passenger cars; Simulation; Sliding mode control; Sliding surface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM STABILITY; VIBRATION CONTROL;

SLIDING MODE CONTROLLERS;

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 0031654314     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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