A Novel LQG Controller of Active Suspension System for Vehicle Roll Safety

Abstract

To improve vehicle roll safety during steering operation at high running speed, a new design approach for Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) controller of active suspension system is proposed. Key steps of the new approach are as follows: 1) The front axle steered angle is written into a differential equation in accord with the minimum phase system and combines with the original system into the augmented system equation; 2) positive infinitesimals respectively including controls are added to the index; Thirdly, weights of the evaluating indicators of the LQG controller are determined by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and normalization methods based on vehicle motion statistics under the double-lane change maneuver as the typical steering maneuver. Performance comparisons are implemented between the active suspension system and the passive one under the double-lane change, slalom and fish-hook maneuvers. Results verify that the active suspension system with the proposed controller can achieve better vehicle roll safety and has a good adaptability under different steering maneuvers.