Real coded GA for tuning of semi-active railway vehicle suspension system

To maintain a high level of comfort expected by passengers from transportation vehicle while maintaining a high safety standards railway vehicle suspension system contribute the most significant impact. The main requirement of a vehicle suspension is that, it should be able to minimize the vertical...

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Main Author: Bagheri, Arash
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Language:English
Published: 2015
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spelling my-utm-ep.535542020-07-20T02:52:46Z Real coded GA for tuning of semi-active railway vehicle suspension system 2015-06 Bagheri, Arash TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery To maintain a high level of comfort expected by passengers from transportation vehicle while maintaining a high safety standards railway vehicle suspension system contribute the most significant impact. The main requirement of a vehicle suspension is that, it should be able to minimize the vertical displacement and the acceleration of the body in order to improve passenger comfort. A viable alternative to maintain the level of comfort is to use a semi-active suspension system with magneto-rheological (MR) damper which will reduce the inherent tradeoff between the ride comfort and road holding characteristic of the vehicle. Since the behavior of semi-active devices is often highly nonlinear, one of the main challenges in the application of this technology is the development of appropriate control system. In this thesis, the development of a semi-active suspension control of half car model of railway vehicle using stability augmentation control system is studied. A mathematical modelling and computer simulation model of secondary half car semi-active suspension controller algorithm have been developed within Matlab-SIMULINK. The tuning of this controller was developed by using Genetic Algorithm (GA). 2015-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53554/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53554/1/ArashBagheriMFKM2015.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:84488 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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Bagheri, Arash
Real coded GA for tuning of semi-active railway vehicle suspension system
description To maintain a high level of comfort expected by passengers from transportation vehicle while maintaining a high safety standards railway vehicle suspension system contribute the most significant impact. The main requirement of a vehicle suspension is that, it should be able to minimize the vertical displacement and the acceleration of the body in order to improve passenger comfort. A viable alternative to maintain the level of comfort is to use a semi-active suspension system with magneto-rheological (MR) damper which will reduce the inherent tradeoff between the ride comfort and road holding characteristic of the vehicle. Since the behavior of semi-active devices is often highly nonlinear, one of the main challenges in the application of this technology is the development of appropriate control system. In this thesis, the development of a semi-active suspension control of half car model of railway vehicle using stability augmentation control system is studied. A mathematical modelling and computer simulation model of secondary half car semi-active suspension controller algorithm have been developed within Matlab-SIMULINK. The tuning of this controller was developed by using Genetic Algorithm (GA).
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author Bagheri, Arash
author_facet Bagheri, Arash
author_sort Bagheri, Arash
title Real coded GA for tuning of semi-active railway vehicle suspension system
title_short Real coded GA for tuning of semi-active railway vehicle suspension system
title_full Real coded GA for tuning of semi-active railway vehicle suspension system
title_fullStr Real coded GA for tuning of semi-active railway vehicle suspension system
title_full_unstemmed Real coded GA for tuning of semi-active railway vehicle suspension system
title_sort real coded ga for tuning of semi-active railway vehicle suspension system
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53554/1/ArashBagheriMFKM2015.pdf
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