Control and evaluation of active suspension for MDOF vehicle model

The current method for solving the problem of active suspension control for a vehicle often uses a quarter car or a half car model. This kind of model is not suitable for practical applications. In this paper, based on considering the influence of factors such as the engine, seat and passengers, a MDOF (multi-degree-of-freedom model) describing the vehicle motion has been set up, and a controller for this model is designed by using LQ control theory. Furthermore the appropriate control scheme is selected by testing various performance indexes.