Design and Optimization on Active Engine Mounting Systems for Vibration Isolation

In this paper, based on the previous research experiences in the lumped parameter modeling and study of active control mounts model, a test bench model of ACM in powertrain is described and the vibration model is implemented in MATLAB. In order to validate the implementation of the state equations in this work, a finite element analysis (FEA) method is used in ANSYS and compared with analytical model for validate. After the validation, the control strategy is integrated into the analytical model by using the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) method, which is a well know design technique that provides practical feedback gains. Furthermore, this work examines the application of genetic algorithms (GA) in optimizing the weight matrices of LQR. Finally, this work will be useful in improved prediction and performance of vehicle NVH.