Active vehicle suspensions with optimal state-feedback control

International Journal of Modelling and Simulation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 228-237

  Esmailzadeh, E ^a,b   Taghirad, H D ^c  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active suspension; Optimal state feedback controller; Passenger dynamics; Ride comfort; Road handling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIDING QUALITIES; STATE FEEDBACK; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACTIVE VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; PASSENGER DYNAMICS; ROAD HANDLING;

VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 0032306648     PISSN: 02286203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02286203.1998.11760383     Document Type: Article

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