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Automotive Engineering ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 278-286.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2021.02.017

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Research on Road Elevation and Grade Identification of Active Suspension Considering Unknown Inputs

Renkai Ding1,Yu Jiang2,Ruochen Wang2(),Wei Liu2,Xiangpeng Meng1,Zeyu Sun2   

  1. 1.Automotive Engineering Research Institute,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212013
    2.School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212013
  • Received:2020-07-13 Revised:2020-09-24 Online:2021-02-25 Published:2021-03-04
  • Contact: Ruochen Wang E-mail:wrc@ujs.edu.cn

Abstract:

The basic premise of improving the ride comfort and driving safety of vehicles via the precise control of active suspension is road elevation and grade identification. In this paper, a Kalman observer considering unknown inputs is designed to obtain the road elevation information. The AR model is established to acquire the road power spectral density, and the root mean square value of the road power spectral density in the interest frequency band is computed to realize the road grade classification. The accuracy of road elevation estimation and road grade classification under different working conditions is analyzed by simulation. Finally, the test bench is built to verify the effectiveness of the proposed road elevation estimation and road grade classification method, which provides necessary conditions for the intelligent control of active suspension.

Key words: active suspension, unknown inputs, Kalman observer, road elevation estimation, road grade classification