Review on air suspension system

Abstract

Air suspension system is been used by vehicle manufacturers since decades. Earlier it was only used by the commercial vehicle but soon the manufacturers and the users found the need of air suspension in commercial vehicles as well. Nowadays this system can mostly be seen in luxury vehicles, the application of air suspension has come a long way, earlier when it was installed in commercial vehicles, it was generally used for raising and lowering ride height to accommodate different sizes of trails, but later air suspension system majorly started to be used as a luxury feature because manufacturers invented that it was providing supreme ride and comfort especially when comparing with traditional spring mechanism used in suspension. Therefore all the luxury cars are using air suspension to provide supreme comfort during riding even through rough terrains. This paper discusses about the different applications of air suspension discussing about the working and its advantages and disadvantages.