Published: 15 November 2017

Controlling quarter car suspension system by proportional derivative and positive position feedback controllers with time delay

H. M. Abdelhafez1
Osama Omara2
1, 2Menouf Faculty of Electronic Engineering-Menoufia University, Menouf 32952, Egypt
Corresponding Author:
H. M. Abdelhafez
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Abstract

The active car suspension system is presented here to suppress the vibration of the car by applying proportional derivative (PD) and positive position feedback (PPF) controllers with time delay. The control signal output of the controller is applied electrically to the magneto-rheological (MR) damper or Electrical-rheological (ER) damper which is attached parallel to the passive components to improve the suppression of the vibration. The electrical control signal is produced by electronic circuits or programmable logic controller and the two-position sensor feedback signal which are connected to the controller. The approximate solutions of PD and PPF suspension systems are obtained by applying multiple time scales perturbation method. The effects of parameters variation of both the system and the controllers are investigated to achieve the best performance. Simulation results show good performance of the designed controllers.

1. Introduction

In the last decade, active and semi-active suspension systems for automobiles have taken significant interest. The ideal suspension vehicle system must be able to separate physically the car body from the wheels of the car to avoid the road irregularities. The purpose of car suspension system is to improve ride comfort, road holding, long life and stability of vehicles. The types of suspension systems are passive, semi-active and active. Passive suspension systems are those used in a current automobile using passive components as damping elements and fixed rates springs. The passive suspension is able to store energy via a spring and dissipate it via a damper. It is an open loop control system, and its design achieves specific conditions only. The problem of passive suspension is using heavily damped or too hard suspension at irregularities road. If it is lightly damped or soft suspension the stability of the vehicle is reduced in turns, change lane or the car swing. So, the performance of the passive suspension depends on the road profile [1, 2].

The active suspension system can be used for providing a comfortable ride and good handling within a reasonable range of deflection. In the past few decades, a large number of researchers have been attracted to active vehicle suspensions, and comprehensive surveys on related research are found in publications [3, 4].

Practically, the actuators in active suspension systems supply additional forces. The feedback signals which are measured by position sensors attached to the vehicle. The controller output signal controls the actuator to get the additional force for suppressing the vibration of the passive elements. Several control schemes are used for controllers such as fuzzy control [5], optimal control [6, 7], adaptive control [8], linear quadratic regulator controller (LQR) [9], mixed H2/H control [10], neural network [11], fuzzy PID controller [12], and robust control [13]. In refs. [14, 15] the magneto-rheological (MR) or Electrical-rheological (ER) damper are used for adding additional force to the system for suppressing the vibration of passive elements according to the electrical control signal.

In this paper, proportional derivative (PD) controller and positive position feedback (PPF) controller with time delay are investigated. The innovation is showing the effect of both controllers for quarter car model. The positive position feedback (PPF) controller is used effectively for vibration suppression for many dynamical systems either linear or nonlinear, which show their efficiency and feasibility in practice. Many researchers used PPF controller for vibration reduction in other systems such as, where the authors in ref. [16] presented slewing and vibration control of a single link flexible manipulator. Adaptive positive position feedback controller for actively absorbing energy in acoustic cavities [17]. A study for adaptive control of flexible structures using modal positive position feedback controller is presented in ref. [18]. Optimal vibration control with modal positive position feedback controller is discussed in ref. [19]. Dynamic compensation for control of a rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is introduced in ref. [20]. A time-delayed PD controller is applied to this system to suppress the undesirable vibration of the car subject to excitation due to road profile irregularities.

The aim of this study is to develop a controlled suspension system of the vehicle to achieve stability and comfort for passengers. To achieve that goal, the design of a quarter-vehicle model is suggested by applying two modes of controller’s PD and PPF with time delay for suppressing the vibration from the passive nonlinear elements in the suspension system. Perturbation analysis was performed to obtain the analytical solutions of PD and PPF controllers systems. The stability analysis is tested by using the eigenvalues of the Jacobin matrix. The frequency response curves and amplitude curves of the systems are obtained and compared with the numerical solution.

2. Quarter car suspension system model

Fig. 1(a) shows the model of quarter car with passive suspension components and the hysteretic nonlinear force Fh due to the passive damper and spring. The model consists of a car passive components and the MR damper actuator. As a PLC or embedded system, the actuator works by the electrical signal which produced by the electronic controller to improve the suspension of the vibration. The feedback signals are measured by attaching two displacement sensors in the car. The equation of model is:

1
mx¨+k1x-x0+Fh=0,

where x0=Asin(Ω1t) and:

2
Fh=k2(x-x0)3+C1x˙-x˙0+C3x˙-x˙03.

Putting u=xx0 as the relative vertical displacement, Eq. (1) can be written as:

3
u¨+ω12u+B1u3+B2u˙+B3u˙3=F1sin(Ω1t),

where:

ω12=k1m, B1=k2m, B2=C1m, B3=C2m, F1=AΩ12.

Fig. 1The quarter-car model

The quarter-car model

a) Passive suspension

The quarter-car model

b) Active suspension

The quarter-car model

c) Practical suspension

The dimensionless equation of motion at a scaled time variable τ=ω1t can be expressed as:

4
u¨+u+α1u3+μ1u˙+α2u˙3=fsin(Ωτ),

where:

α1=B1ω12=k2k1, μ1=B2ω12=C1k1m, α2=B3ω1=C2mk1m, f=AΩ2, Ω=Ω1ω1.

Fig. 1(b) shows the active suspension system with adding the controlled damper MR or ER damper and the control unit with measuring the feedback signal vertical displacement. The PPF and PD are added to suppress the vibration of the system.

The PD controller system is represented by y variable and the PPF controller by u, v variables. The nonlinear differential equation with PD controller is expressed by:

5
y¨+y+α1y3+μ1y˙+α2y˙3=fsin(Ωt)-pyt-τ1-dy˙t-τ2,

where τ1, τ2 are times delay of the control signals.

Fig. 2(a) shows a block diagram describing Eq. (5).

The nonlinear differential equation with PPF controller as a second order controller is expressed by:

6
u¨+u+α1u3+μ1u˙+α2u˙3=fsin(Ωt)+c1vt-τ4,
7
v¨+2μ2v˙+ω22v=c2ut-τ3,

where τ3, τ4 are times delay of the feedback and the control signal, resectively.

Fig. 2(b) shows a block diagram describing Eqs. (6-7).

Fig. 2The block diagram of: a) PD system, b) PPF system

The block diagram of: a) PD system, b) PPF system

a)

The block diagram of: a) PD system, b) PPF system

b)

3. Perturbation analysis

The approximate solutions of the PD and PPF controllers with time delays are obtained by applying the multiple timescales perturbation method [21] by scaling the parameters of the both systems as follows:

μ1=εμ^1, μ2=εμ^2, c1=εc^1, c2=εc^2, f=ε2f^, α1=ε-1α^1, α2=ε-1α^2,
p=εp^, d=εd^.

The solution forms of PD controller from Eq. (5) are:

8
yt,ε=εy1T0,T1+ε2y2T0,T1,
9
yt-τ1,ε=εy1τ1T0-τ1,T1-ετ1+ε2y2τ1T0-τ1,T1-ετ1.

The solution forms of PPF controller from Eqs. (6-7) are:

10
ut,ε=εu1T0,T1+ε2u2T0,T1,
11
vt,ε=εv1T0,T1+ε2v2T0,T1,
12
ut-τ3,ε=εu1τ3T0-τ3,T1-ετ3+ε2u2τ3T0-τ3,T1-ετ3,
13
vt-τ4,ε=εv1τ4T0-τ4,T1-ετ4+ε2v2τ4T0-τ4,T1-ετ4.

3.1. PD controller

The amplitude-phase modulating equations of the PD controller at primary resonance Ω= 1 are:

14
a˙=-12pasin(τ1)+12dacos(τ2)-12fcos(φ)-38a3α2-12aμ1,
15
β˙=pcos(τ1)+38a2α1+dsin(τ2)-12afsinφ.

Since φ=σt-β and φ˙=σ-β˙ then, the autonomous system of differential equations takes the form:

16
a˙=-12pasin(τ1)+12dacos(τ2)-12fcos(φ)-38a3α2-12aμ1,
17
φ˙=σ-pcosτ1-38a2α1-dsinτ2+12afsinφ.

At the steady stare response, we have:

18
a˙=φ˙=0 β˙=σ.

Substituting Eq. (18) in Eqs. (16) and (17), and after some mathematical simplifications we obtain the frequency-response equation of the system PD controller at steady state in a closed form as follows:

19
f2=-pasinτ1+dacosτ2-34a3α2-aμ12+4-σa+pacosτ1+dasinτ2+38a3α12.

3.2. PPF controller

The amplitude-phase modulating equations of PPF controller at simultaneous resonance Ω= 1 and ω2= 1 are:

20
a˙1=-12μ1a1-38α2a13-12fcosφ1+12c1a2sinφ2-ω2τ4,
21
β˙1=38α1a12-12a1fsinφ1-c12a2a1cosφ2-ω2τ4,
22
a˙2=-μ2α2-12ω2c2a1sinφ2+τ3,
23
β˙2=-c22ω2a1a2cosφ2+τ3,

where β1, β2 are the phases of the system and controller, respectively. Let:

24
φ1=σ1t-β1, φ2=σ2t-β1+β2.

Differentiate Eq. (24) w.r.t.t yields:

25
φ˙1=σ1-β˙1, φ˙2=σ2-β˙1+β˙2.

So, the autonomous system of differential equations takes the form:

26
a˙1=-12μ1a1-38α2a13-12fcosφ1+12c1a2sin(φ2-ω2τ4),
27
φ˙1=σ1-38α1a12-12a1fsin(φ1)-c12a2a1cos(φ2-ω2τ4),
28
a˙2=-μ2a2-12ω2c2a1sinφ2+τ3,
29
φ˙2=σ2-38α1a12-12a1fsin(φ1)-c12a2a1cos(φ2-ω2τ4)-c12ω2a1a2cosφ2+τ3.

At the steady state response, we have:

30
a˙1=a˙2=φ˙1=φ˙2=0β˙1=σ1, β˙2=σ1-σ2.

Substituting Eq. (30) into (26) to (29), we get:

31
μ1a1=-34α2a13-fcosφ1+sinφ1-ω2τ4,
32
σ1=38α1a12-12a1fsinφ1-c12a2a1cos(φ2-ω2τ4),
33
μ2a2=-c22ω2a1sinφ2+τ3,
34
σ2-σ1a2=c22ω2a1cosφ2+τ3.

By eliminating Eqs. (31-34) we obtain the frequency-response equations of the system at steady state in the closed form as follows:

35
(σ2-σ1)2+μ22a22=c22a124ω22,
36
f24a12=μ12a12+38βa14+c1ω2μ2c2a22cosτ3+ω2τ4+c1ω2(σ2-σ1)c2a22sin(τ3+ω2τ4)2
+-σ1a12+38α1+c1ω2μ2c2a22sinτ3+ω2τ4+c1ω2(σ2-σ1)c2a22cos(τ3+ω2τ4)2.

4. Stability analysis

The stability of the equilibrium solution can be investigated by checking the sign of eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix.

4.1. PD controller

Let we assume:

37
a=a0+a1, φ=φ0+φ1 a˙=a˙1, φ˙=φ˙1,

where a0, φ0are the solutions of Eqs. (16-17) at steady state and a1, φ1 are the perturbed solutions whose are small compared to a0, φ0. Substituting Eq. (37) into (16), (17) and keeping only the linear terms in a1, φ1 to obtain:

38
a˙1 φ˙1=a11 a12 a21 a22a1 φ1,

where:

39
a11=-p2sinτ1+d2cosτ2-98α2a02-12μ1,
40
a12=f2sinφ0,
41
a21=34a0α1-f2a0sinφ0,
42
a22=-f2a0cosφ0.

Hence, the stability of the steady-state solution can be deduced depending on the sign of eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix J obtained from Eq. (38).

4.2. PPF controller

Let:

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an=an0+an1, φn=φn0+φn1, n=1,2,

where an0, φn0 are the solutions of Eqs. (26-29) and an1, φn1 are the perturbation solutions whose are small compared to an0, φn0. Substituting Eq. (37) into (26) to (29) and keeping only the linear terms, one obtains:

44
a˙11 φ˙11 a˙21 φ˙21= J a11 φ11 a21 φ21=r11r12r13r14 r21r22r23r24 r31r32r33r34 r41r42r43r44a11 φ11 a21 φ21,

where rij for i,j=1, 2, 3, 4 are showed in the appendix. The stability of the steady stat solution depends on the sign of eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix J.

5. Results and discussions

The analytical and numerical curves with time history are investigated to discuss the output forms of the system with the PD and PPF controllers. The selected values for the system parameters are given by m= 240, k1= 1.6×105 N/m, k2= 3×105 N/m3, C1= 250 Ns/m, C2= 25 Ns/m3, c1=c2= 1, μ2= 0.001, ω= 1, τ1=τ1= 0.1, τ3=τ4= 0.025 , p=d= 3 and f= 0.5, unless specifying otherwise. The dashed lines represent the unstable solutions while the solid lines represent the stable solutions. Frequency response curves (FRC) of PD and PPF controllers and uncontrolled system are shown in Fig. 3(a). The uncontrolled curve slightly tilted to the right side under the influence of nonlinear terms. This result has confirmed by time history response in Fig. 4(a), such that the vibration at high amplitude doesn’t give the passenger comfort. Our task is to avoid this case. In Fig. 3(a) the PPF controller output is divided into two peaks. The minimum amplitude appears at steady state when tuning frequency σ1= 0.0, i.e., when Ω=ω2= 1. Hence, the controller is able to suppress the vibration of the car at or near the simultaneous resonance. The time history in Fig. 4(b) confirms that the steady state amplitude tends to zero and hence improvement of ride comfort and good leveling are provided. PD controller output amplitude is shown also in Fig. 3(a) and time history at Fig. 4(c) efficiently reduced the amplitude and the curve become near to be linear, and suppress the vibration of the car body efficiently. For large scale of the PD controller output Fig. 3(b) observed that at small tuning frequency we have a small magnitude of the amplitude. Fig. 4(c) illustrates the time history of the PD controller which observed that the amplitude decreased from 0.6 to 0.1.

Fig. 3FRC a) system amplitude versus tuning frequency of the uncontrolled system, PD controller and PPF controller, b) PD controller at τ1=τ2=τ3=τ4= 0

FRC a) system amplitude versus tuning frequency of the uncontrolled system,  PD controller and PPF controller, b) PD controller at τ1=τ2=τ3=τ4= 0

a)

FRC a) system amplitude versus tuning frequency of the uncontrolled system,  PD controller and PPF controller, b) PD controller at τ1=τ2=τ3=τ4= 0

b)

Fig. 4Time history: a) uncontrolled system, b) PPF controller, c) PD controller at τ1=τ2=τ3=τ4= 0

Time history: a) uncontrolled system, b) PPF controller, c) PD controller at τ1=τ2=τ3=τ4= 0

a)

Time history: a) uncontrolled system, b) PPF controller, c) PD controller at τ1=τ2=τ3=τ4= 0

b)

Time history: a) uncontrolled system, b) PPF controller, c) PD controller at τ1=τ2=τ3=τ4= 0

c)

Fig. 5FRC numerical simulation of system amplitude versus tuning frequency of the uncontrolled system, PD controller and PPF controller

FRC numerical simulation of system amplitude versus tuning frequency  of the uncontrolled system, PD controller and PPF controller

Fig. 5 illustrates a comparison between the approximate analytic solution and the numerical solution. It is shown that all numerical curves are in a good agreement with the analytical solution which confirms the validation of the obtained FRC frequency response curve. The region in a dashed box under the curve shows the possible region of frequency tuning.

The effects of variation of time delays τ1 and τ2 on the PD controller are shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 shows the effects of variation of time delays τ3 and τ4 on the PPF controller. It is clear that as time delays increase the amplitude of the system increases and the system go to be unstable, time history response curves of PD and PPF in Figs. 8 and 9 confirm this result.

Fig. 6System amplitude versus tuning frequency of PD controller at a) τ1= 0.0, b) τ2= 0.0

System amplitude versus tuning frequency of PD controller at a) τ1= 0.0, b) τ2= 0.0

a)

System amplitude versus tuning frequency of PD controller at a) τ1= 0.0, b) τ2= 0.0

b)

Fig. 7FRC system amplitude versus tuning frequency of variation of time delay to PPF controller: a) system, b) controller

FRC system amplitude versus tuning frequency of variation  of time delay to PPF controller: a) system, b) controller

a)

FRC system amplitude versus tuning frequency of variation  of time delay to PPF controller: a) system, b) controller

b)

The relations between PD controller p, d parameters and PPF controller c1, c2 parameters and the amplitude of the system are introduced in Fig. 10. It is noted that when the controller parameter increased the amplitude of the system decreased, it is the aim of the controller to suppress the vibration of passive damper. In addition, it is observed that the numerical simulation is in a good agreement with the analytical solutions.

Fig. 11 confirms the result from Fig. 10, Figs. 11(a)-11(b) show FRC of the variation of c1 and c2 related to PPF controller at τ3= 0.04, τ4= 0.04. It observed that the bandwidth became wider by increasing c1 and c2, the amplitude of right peak increased and left peak decreased and the amplitude is zero at σ= 0.0 or Ω=ω2. Also, Figs. 11(a)-11(b) show FRC of the variation of p and d related to PD controller at τ1= 0.1, τ2= 0.1. It is observed that as p or d increased the amplitude of the system decreased.

Fig. 8Time history of PD controller at a) τ1= 0.1, τ2= 0.1, b) τ1= 0.4, τ2= 0.4, c) τ1= 0.7, τ 2 = 0.7

Time history of PD controller at a) τ1= 0.1, τ2= 0.1, b) τ1= 0.4, τ2= 0.4, c) τ1= 0.7, τ 2 = 0.7

a)

Time history of PD controller at a) τ1= 0.1, τ2= 0.1, b) τ1= 0.4, τ2= 0.4, c) τ1= 0.7, τ 2 = 0.7

b)

Time history of PD controller at a) τ1= 0.1, τ2= 0.1, b) τ1= 0.4, τ2= 0.4, c) τ1= 0.7, τ 2 = 0.7

c)

Fig. 9Time history of PPF controller at a) τ3= 0.0, τ4= 0.0, b) τ3= 0.03, τ4= 0.03, c) τ3= 0.1, τ4= 0.1

Time history of PPF controller at a) τ3= 0.0, τ4= 0.0,  b) τ3= 0.03, τ4= 0.03, c) τ3= 0.1, τ4= 0.1

a)

Time history of PPF controller at a) τ3= 0.0, τ4= 0.0,  b) τ3= 0.03, τ4= 0.03, c) τ3= 0.1, τ4= 0.1

b)

Time history of PPF controller at a) τ3= 0.0, τ4= 0.0,  b) τ3= 0.03, τ4= 0.03, c) τ3= 0.1, τ4= 0.1

c)

Fig. 12 declares the variation of the excitation force f. Fig. 12(a) shows variation F of PD controller. It is clear that when f decreased the relation tends to be linear and system amplitude decreased to be zero. Fig. 12(b) shows the variation f of PPF controller. It is noted that as f increased the amplitude of the system increased. It is important to show that the minimum amplitude appears at σ= 0.0 which proves the effectiveness of the controlled.

Fig. 13 illustrates the relation between the amplitude of the system and the time delay τ3 at τ4 0.0 according to the different values of c1 and c2 of PPF controller. Figs. 13(a)-13(b) obtained the same result, if c1 or c2 increased the amplitude decreased and the unstable region is small, the relation of τ4 is the same of τ3. For some different values of p and d, the system amplitude of PD controller drawn versus τ1 and τ2 in Fig. 14(a) and Fig. 14(b), respectively. It is shown that, as p and d increased the amplitude of the system decreased.

Fig. 10Amplitude system curves versus: a) proportional gain of PD controller, b) derivative gain of PD controller, c) parameter of PPF controller, d) feedback signal gain of PPF controller

Amplitude system curves versus: a) proportional gain of PD controller, b) derivative gain of PD controller, c) parameter of PPF controller, d) feedback signal gain of PPF controller

a)

Amplitude system curves versus: a) proportional gain of PD controller, b) derivative gain of PD controller, c) parameter of PPF controller, d) feedback signal gain of PPF controller

b)

Amplitude system curves versus: a) proportional gain of PD controller, b) derivative gain of PD controller, c) parameter of PPF controller, d) feedback signal gain of PPF controller

c)

Amplitude system curves versus: a) proportional gain of PD controller, b) derivative gain of PD controller, c) parameter of PPF controller, d) feedback signal gain of PPF controller

d)

Fig. 11FRC of variation to controller parameters: a) c1 and p, b) c2 and d

FRC of variation to controller parameters: a) c1 and p, b) c2 and d

a)

FRC of variation to controller parameters: a) c1 and p, b) c2 and d

b)

Fig. 12FRC of variation parameter: a) PD controller, b) PPF controller

FRC of variation parameter: a) PD controller, b) PPF controller

a)

FRC of variation parameter: a) PD controller, b) PPF controller

b)

Fig. 13Amplitude curves of PPF controller versus τ3 at different values of: a) c1, b) c2

Amplitude curves of PPF controller versus τ3 at different values of: a) c1, b) c2

a)

Amplitude curves of PPF controller versus τ3 at different values of: a) c1, b) c2

b)

Fig. 14Amplitude curves of PD controller, at different values of p and d, versus: a) τ1, b) τ2

Amplitude curves of PD controller, at different values of p and d, versus: a) τ1, b) τ2

a)

Amplitude curves of PD controller, at different values of p and d, versus: a) τ1, b) τ2

b)

6. Conclusions

Suspension systems serve a dual purpose, contributing to the vehicle’s road holding or handling and braking for good active safety, driving pleasure, keeping vehicle occupants comfortable and reasonably well isolated from road noise, bumps, and vibrations, etc.

The design of a quarter-vehicle model is investigated by applying the two models of controllers, PD and PPF, with time delays to suppress the vibration from the passive nonlinear element in the car suspension system. Passive elements which can suppress the vibration by giving an electrical control signal to the MR damper or ER damper is attached parallel to the passive damper and spring. The control signal can be investigated by an electronic circuit or programmable logic controller.

The main conclusion of this work is that we can use the advantages of two controllers and implement these equations in a program in digital controller and put this device in the car. Suppressing the vibration is done by the actuator which is operated by the electrical signal from the controller. The output voltage or current from the controller is adjusted by either the PD controller or PPF controller. The designed program for digital controller is dependent on the calculations of PD and PPF systems equations. At small tuning parameter or equal zero, the output of the controller is taken from PPF calculations. While at higher values of tuning parameter the output is taken from PD controller, hence we used the advantages of both controllers and the vibration reduction is done at all tuning frequency values.

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About this article

Received
28 November 2016
Accepted
22 May 2017
Published
15 November 2017
SUBJECTS
Vibration in transportation engineering
Keywords
suspension system
proportional derivative
positive position feedback
time delay