Title: Disturbance rejection control of a light armoured vehicle using stability augmentation based active suspension system

Authors: Khisbullah Hudha, Hishamuddin Jamaluddin, Pakharuddin Mohd. Samin

Addresses: Autotronics Lab – Department of Automotive, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Malacca (UTeM), Karung Berkunci 1200, Ayer Keroh 75450, Malacca, Malaysia. ' Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. ' Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Abstract: This paper introduces the mathematical model of 12 Degrees of Freedom (DOF) light armoured vehicle, which consists of eight DOF in vertical motion of eight tyres, three DOF in vertical, roll and pitch motions of vehicle body and one DOF in angular motion of gun turret relative to weapon platform. Two sources of disturbance considered in this study are road irregularities and reaction force at the weapon platform. The results of the study show that the stability augmentation based active suspension system is able to significantly improve the dynamic performance of the light armoured vehicle compared with the passive system.

Keywords: light armoured vehicles; SAS; stability augmentation system; active suspension systems; ride control; disturbance rejection; vehicle suspension; road irregularities; reaction force; weapon platform; dynamic performance; vehicle dynamics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2008.022240

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, 2008 Vol.15 No.2/3/4, pp.152 - 169

Published online: 24 Dec 2008 *

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