A study of active suspension based on full DOF vehicle model

This paper presents a MDOF (multi-degree-of-freedom) model to describe the vehicle motion, considering influences of factors such as, seat and passengers. The model is four-independent-suspension and four-wheel-track with 8DOF, and has proved more appropriate compared with some conventional vehicle models. Based on the derived 8DOF model, a controller for this model is designed by the use of H∞ control theory, Furthermore the appropriate control scheme is selected by testing various performance indexes. The study shows that satisfying results can be obtained by using an appropriate vehicle model, even if a low order controller and a general control strategy are adopted.