Active suspension system - experiments

Suspension system is an important part of the car design, because it influences both the comfort and safety of the passengers. In this paper an active suspension using linear electric motor is designed. In particular, this article is focused on experiments with active suspension - developing an appropriate input signal for the test bed and evaluation of the results. Second important point of the active suspension design is energy demands of the system. Modification of the standard controller which allows changing amount of energy required by the system has been designed. Functionality of the modification was verified taking various experiments.