Evaluation of Effect of In-Wheel Electric Motors Mass on the Active Suspension System Performance Using Linear Quadratic Regulator Control Method

Abstract

This paper presents evaluation of effect of in-wheel electric motors mass on the performance of active suspension system by using one of more common control methods which is Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR).Unsprung mass is one of the important parameters which effects on road holding and ride comfort behaviors in the vehicles, this effect obtained in this work by comparing the performance of the system using standard tire and tire with In-Wheel Electric Motor. Also,modeling and simulation of quarter car model completed to construct the Simulink model of the system using MATLAB software. The study summarized bad effect of increasing the weight of tires by add In-Wheel Motors to the system on the road traction and the vehicles drivers comfort, at the same time the suspension system with in-wheel motor needs high actuator force to work compared to the same system without inwheel motor