Synthesis of a semi-active suspension seat for attenuation of whole-body vibration and shock

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 47, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 157-175

  Ma, Xiao Qing ^a   Rakheja, Subhash ^a   Su, Chun Yi ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control; Damper; Hardware in the loop; HIL; Magneto rheological; MR; Semi active; Shock and vibration; Simulation; Sky hook; Suspension seat

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SEATS; CONTROL ENGINEERING; HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION; SIMULATION PLATFORM; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

DAMPER; HARD-WARE-IN-THE-LOOP; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL; SEMI-ACTIVE; SHOCK AND VIBRATION; SIMULATION; SKY-HOOK; SUSPENSION SEATS;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 54849417458     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijvd.2008.020885     Document Type: Article

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