Experimental analysis of a motorcycle semi-active rear suspension

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1239-1250

  Spelta, Cristiano ^a   Savaresi, Sergio M ^b   Fabbri, Luca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Piaggio and C SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motorcycles; Non linear systems; Optimal control; Semi active suspension; Test bench analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957595243     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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