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Automotive Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (10): 1744-1754.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2024.10.003

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Research on DOB-Based Switching Control Algorithm for Active Suspension System

Xiaokai Chen1(),Feng Chen1,Xiang Liu2,Hongyu Liu1,Xiaoyu Wang1   

  1. 1.School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081
    2.Nanyang CIJAN Automobile Shock Absorber Co. , Ltd. , Nanyang 473000
  • Received:2024-03-22 Revised:2024-05-09 Online:2024-10-25 Published:2024-10-21
  • Contact: Xiaokai Chen E-mail:chenxiaokai@263.net

Abstract:

Suspension control requires good balance between ride comfort and driving stability, while considering system uncertainties, which is a complex task. In this paper, a disturbance observer-based suboptimal-nonsingular terminal sliding mode switching control algorithm (DOB-SNTSM) is proposed, with considerations of suspension dynamic performance indicators, algorithm robustness, and cost factors. Firstly, using spring mass acceleration information as input and by Kalman filter design, effective estimation of suspension deflection and spring mass velocity is achieved. Subsequently, a disturbance observer is devised to estimate uncertainties within the suspension system, with the disturbance estimation serving as feedforward compensation. Next, based on the sliding mode surface function, a suboptimal-nonsingular terminal sliding mode switching control algorithm is proposed, integrating with the feedforward compensation from the disturbance observer to formulate a novel active suspension control strategy. Finally, simulation and bench tests are conducted on both convex road surfaces and smooth random road surfaces. The results show that the introduction of disturbance observers can significantly improve the ride comfort index of the suspension. Compared to the SNTSM algorithm with the classical sky-hook control, the ideal state LQR method and without disturbance observer, the new algorithm not only effectively balances various suspension performance indicators but also achieves control effect close to the ideal state LQR using solely spring mass acceleration information. Additionally, the controller switching scheme significantly enhances algorithm robustness.

Key words: active suspension, disturbance observer, switching control, suboptimal control, nonsingular terminal sliding mode control, Kalman filter