A Position–Force Feedback Optimal Control Strategy for Improving the Passability and Wheel Grounding Performance of Active Suspension Vehicles in a Coordinated Manner

Abstract

This paper aims to solve the problems of poor mobility, passability, and stability in heavy-duty vehicles, and proposes an active suspension system control strategy based on position–force feedback optimal control to coordinately enhance vehicle passability and wheel grounding performance. Firstly, a two-degrees-of-freedom one-sixth vehicle active suspension model and a valve-controlled hydraulic actuator system model are constructed, and the advantages of impedance control in robot compliance control are integrated to analyze their applicability in hydraulic active suspension. Next, a position feedback controller and force feedback LQG optimal controller for fuzzy PID control are designed, the fuzzy PID-LQG (FPL) integrated method is applied to the hydraulic active suspension system, and the dynamic load of the wheel is tracked by impedance control to obtain the spring mass displacement correction. Then, a suspension system model under the excitation of a C-class road surface and a 0.11 m raised road surface is constructed, and the dynamic simulation and comparison of active/passive suspension systems are carried out. The results show that, compared with PS and LQR control, the body vertical acceleration, suspension dynamic deflection, and wheel dynamic load root-mean-square value of the proposed FPL integrated control active suspension are reduced, which can effectively reduce the body vibration and wheel dynamic load and meet the design objectives proposed in this paper, effectively improving vehicle ride comfort, handling stability, passability, and wheel grounding performance.