Suspension settings for optimal ride comfort of off-road vehicles travelling on roads with different roughness and speeds

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-175

  Uys, P E ^a   Els, P S ^a   Thoresson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Four stage semi active suspension system; Off road; Optimisation; Ride comfort; Rough roads

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FOUR STAGE SEMI ACTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS; RIDE COMFORT; RIDE HANDLING SUSPENSION; ROUGH ROADS;

OFF ROAD VEHICLES;

EID: 33846820203     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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