Active suspension systems with optimal jerk control

An active suspension system should be designed/optimized in conjunction with the tradeoff between ride and handling. In recent years, jerk as a measure of ride quality is considered in performance index. In this paper, effects of jerk in active suspension system for a 1/4 car model is investigated. In contrast to the previous papers, the body acceleration and jerk are derived directly from the system Hamiltonian instead of solving Ricatti Equation. The result shows that a reduction of jerk and acceleration is obtained against a higher rattle space and tire deflection. The compromise/tradeoff can be managed by setting appropriate weights in the cost function.