Control of response of a quarter-car vehicle model with optimal skyhook damper

International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 396-418

  Rao, L V V Gopala ^a   Narayanan, S ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Mechanical Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

LQR; Quarter car model; Random vibration; Sky hook damper; Stochastic optimal control; Zero lag covariance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK CONTROL; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; MODEL AUTOMOBILES; ROADS AND STREETS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; WHITE NOISE;

QUARTER CAR MODEL; RANDOM VIBRATIONS; SKY-HOOK; STOCHASTIC OPTIMAL CONTROL; ZERO-LAG COVARIANCE;

STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 61849149843     PISSN: 14710226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijvas.2008.023594     Document Type: Article

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