Open AccessA COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF A CONVENTIONAL SUSPENSION SYSTEM WITH AN INERTER BASED CONVENTIONAL SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A PASSENGER CAR
Author(s) -
Lalit Pankaj Grover
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2021.v06i01.015
Subject(s) - sprung mass , suspension (topology) , jerk , car model , automotive engineering , engineering , acceleration , displacement (psychology) , control theory (sociology) , structural engineering , computer science , mathematics , physics , psychology , damper , control (management) , classical mechanics , artificial intelligence , homotopy , pure mathematics , psychotherapist
This paper discusses the impact ofadding an inerter to the conventional suspensionsystem for a passenger car. The Inerter wasrecently introduced as an ideal mechanical twoterminal element which is a substitute for themass element with the applied force,proportional to the relative acceleration acrossthe terminals. Till now, ideal Inerters have beenapplied to Formula 1 cars, motorcycle and trainsuspension systems, in which significantperformance improvement was achieved. Thispaper explores the effect of adding an inerter (inseries) to the conventional suspension system fora passenger car in terms of ride comfort bycomparing the amplitude of displacement andjerk of sprung and unsprung mass.This is accomplished by comparing the ridecomfort of a quarter-car model with aconventional suspension system to the ridecomfort of a quarter-car model with an inerteradded in series.