A Comparison of a Semi-Active Inerter and a Semi-Active Suspension
2010-01-1903
10/05/2010
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- Inerters have become a hot topic in recent years, especially in vehicle, train, and building suspension systems. The performance of a passive inerter and a semi-active inerter was analyzed and compared with each other and it showed that the semi-active inerter has much better performance than the passive inerter, especially with the Hybrid control method. Eight different layouts of suspensions were analyzed with a quarter car model in this paper. The adaptation of dimensionless parameters was considered for a semi-active suspension and the semi-active inerters. The performance of the semi-active inerter suspensions with different layouts was compared with a semi-active suspension with a conventional parallel spring-damper arrangement. It shows a semi-active suspension, with more simple configuration and lower cost, has similar or better compromise between ride and handling than a semi-active inerter with the Hybrid control. A semi-active inerter performs its best with ‘Layout s6’, ‘Layout s8’ or ‘Layout s9’ under the Skyhook or Groundhook, depending on the desired performance.
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- 13
- Citation
- Zhang, X., Ahmadian, M., and Guo, K., "A Comparison of a Semi-Active Inerter and a Semi-Active Suspension," SAE Technical Paper 2010-01-1903, 2010, https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-01-1903.