A single-sensor control strategy for semi-active suspensions

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-152

  Savaresi, Sergio M ^a   Spelta, Cristiano ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nonlinear systems; Optimal control; Road vehicle control; Road vehicle electronics; Road vehicles

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; INTERSECTIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSORS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VEHICLES;

ADD CONTROLS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROLS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DESIGN AND ANALYSES; INNOVATIVE ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCES; ROAD VEHICLE CONTROL; ROAD VEHICLE ELECTRONICS; ROAD VEHICLES; SEMI-ACTIVE SUSPENSIONS; SENSOR CONTROLS;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 58249090965     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2008.906313     Document Type: Article

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