Performance analysis and control of an agricultural tractor suspension system

Abdussalam Ali Ahmed; Marwa Mohammed Abdullah Ali; Alhade Mohamed algitta

doi:10.30574/gjeta.2023.16.2.0158

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Performance analysis and control of an agricultural tractor suspension system

Abdussalam Ali Ahmed ^{1, *}, Marwa Mohammed Abdullah Ali ² and Alhade Mohamed algitta ²

1 Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Bani Waleed University, Bani Waleed, Libya.

2 College of Electronic Technology-Bani Walid, Bani Walid, Libya.

Research Article

Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 2023, 16(02), 150–163.

Article DOI: 10.30574/gjeta.2023.16.2.0158

DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2023.16.2.0158

Publication history

Received on 01 July 2023; revised on 09 August 2023; accepted on 11 August 2023

Abstract

Suspension systems play a vital role in providing comfortable and safe vehicle ride. This paper aims to improve the passenger ride comfort, vehicle stability, safety, road holding in an active quarter tractor model. the main objective is to obtain a stable, robust, and controlled system. It is necessary to use controller to increase the stability and performance of the system. the controller selection and design aimed to achieve good passenger ride comfort and health, stability, and passenger body acceleration and displacement response under uneven road excitations. PID and LQR controllers are developed, and compare their performances against the road disturbances. The performance of the designed controllers evaluated using simulation work in MATLAB. Simulation results show that the proposed LQR control scheme can successfully achieve the desired ride comfort and passenger safety compared to PID control scheme

Keywords

Suspension system; Quarter Model; Tractor suspension Linear Quadratic Regulator; PID Control.

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Abdussalam Ali Ahmed, Marwa Mohammed Abdullah Ali and Alhade Mohamed algitta. Performance analysis and control of an agricultural tractor suspension system. Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 2023, 16(2), 150-163. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2023.16.2.0158

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