A novel method of matching stiffness and continuous variable damping of an ECAS(electronically controlled air suspension) based on LQG(linear quadratic Gaussian) control was proposed to simultaneously improve the road...A novel method of matching stiffness and continuous variable damping of an ECAS(electronically controlled air suspension) based on LQG(linear quadratic Gaussian) control was proposed to simultaneously improve the road-friendliness and ride comfort of a two-axle school bus.Taking account of the suspension nonlinearities and target-height-dependent variation in suspension characteristics,a stiffness model of the ECAS mounted on the drive axle of the bus was developed based on thermodynamics and the key parameters were obtained through field tests.By determining the proper range of the target height for the ECAS of the fully-loaded bus based on the design requirements of vehicle body bounce frequency,the control algorithm of the target suspension height(i.e.,stiffness) was derived according to driving speed and road roughness.Taking account of the nonlinearities of a continuous variable semi-active damper,the damping force was obtained through the subtraction of the air spring force from the optimum integrated suspension force,which was calculated based on LQG control.Finally,a GA(genetic algorithm)-based matching method between stepped variable damping and stiffness was employed as a benchmark to evaluate the effectiveness of the LQG-based matching method.Simulation results indicate that compared with the GA-based matching method,both dynamic tire force and vehicle body vertical acceleration responses are markedly reduced around the vehicle body bounce frequency employing the LQG-based matching method,with peak values of the dynamic tire force PSD(power spectral density) decreased by 73.6%,60.8% and 71.9% in the three cases,and corresponding reduction are 71.3%,59.4% and 68.2% for the vehicle body vertical acceleration.A strong robustness to variation of driving speed and road roughness is also observed for the LQG-based matching method.展开更多
针对欠驱动机械臂系统的快速稳定控制中存在着的系统过程噪声和传感器观测噪声的干扰问题,设计了具有回路传输恢复的线性二次高斯(linear quadratic Gaussian control with loop transfer recovery, LQG/LTR)控制器。该控制器由卡尔曼...针对欠驱动机械臂系统的快速稳定控制中存在着的系统过程噪声和传感器观测噪声的干扰问题,设计了具有回路传输恢复的线性二次高斯(linear quadratic Gaussian control with loop transfer recovery, LQG/LTR)控制器。该控制器由卡尔曼滤波器和最优状态反馈增益调节器两部分组成,并进一步使用了回路传输恢复技术提高了控制系统稳定裕度。仿真试验表明:LQG/LTR控制方法相比于线性二次型调节器控制方法具有更加出色的动态品质,能很好地抑制噪声造成的系统不稳定问题,使得机械臂快速稳定在期望位置,具备良好的稳定性和鲁棒性。展开更多
基金Projects(51305117,51178158)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(20130111120031)supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education+1 种基金Project(2013M530230)supported by the China Postdoctoral Science FoundationProjects(2012HGQC0015,2011HGBZ0945)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China
文摘A novel method of matching stiffness and continuous variable damping of an ECAS(electronically controlled air suspension) based on LQG(linear quadratic Gaussian) control was proposed to simultaneously improve the road-friendliness and ride comfort of a two-axle school bus.Taking account of the suspension nonlinearities and target-height-dependent variation in suspension characteristics,a stiffness model of the ECAS mounted on the drive axle of the bus was developed based on thermodynamics and the key parameters were obtained through field tests.By determining the proper range of the target height for the ECAS of the fully-loaded bus based on the design requirements of vehicle body bounce frequency,the control algorithm of the target suspension height(i.e.,stiffness) was derived according to driving speed and road roughness.Taking account of the nonlinearities of a continuous variable semi-active damper,the damping force was obtained through the subtraction of the air spring force from the optimum integrated suspension force,which was calculated based on LQG control.Finally,a GA(genetic algorithm)-based matching method between stepped variable damping and stiffness was employed as a benchmark to evaluate the effectiveness of the LQG-based matching method.Simulation results indicate that compared with the GA-based matching method,both dynamic tire force and vehicle body vertical acceleration responses are markedly reduced around the vehicle body bounce frequency employing the LQG-based matching method,with peak values of the dynamic tire force PSD(power spectral density) decreased by 73.6%,60.8% and 71.9% in the three cases,and corresponding reduction are 71.3%,59.4% and 68.2% for the vehicle body vertical acceleration.A strong robustness to variation of driving speed and road roughness is also observed for the LQG-based matching method.
文摘针对欠驱动机械臂系统的快速稳定控制中存在着的系统过程噪声和传感器观测噪声的干扰问题,设计了具有回路传输恢复的线性二次高斯(linear quadratic Gaussian control with loop transfer recovery, LQG/LTR)控制器。该控制器由卡尔曼滤波器和最优状态反馈增益调节器两部分组成,并进一步使用了回路传输恢复技术提高了控制系统稳定裕度。仿真试验表明:LQG/LTR控制方法相比于线性二次型调节器控制方法具有更加出色的动态品质,能很好地抑制噪声造成的系统不稳定问题,使得机械臂快速稳定在期望位置,具备良好的稳定性和鲁棒性。
