Hardware-in-the-loop simulation of magnetorheological dampers for vehicle suspension systems

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-278

  Batterbee, D C ^a   Sims, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Feedback linearization; HILS; Magnetorheological; Vehicle suspension

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FEEDBACK LINEARIZATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

EFFECTIVE CONTROL STRATEGY; HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP-SIMULATION (HILS); MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL (MR); SEMI-ACTIVE DAMPERS; VELOCITY RESPONSE;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 34250765630     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09596518JSCE304     Document Type: Article

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