<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An optimal way to select parameters of a driver’s seat of a special vehicle, which contributes directly to an increase in driving comfort is presented in the work. A mathematical model of the vehicle was formulated by using of joint coordinates and homogenous transformations. A maneuver of driving over obstacles in a form of a speed bump of different heights and lengths is presented. A subject of the investigations was to select such damping parameters and driver’s seat stiffness to minimize amplitudes of vibrations present in this subassembly. An influence of a form of an objective function and a selection of decisive variables on quality of the optimization results obtained was analyzed.</p></abstract>

An optimal way to select parameters of a driver’s seat of a special vehicle, which contributes directly to an increase in driving comfort is presented in the work. A mathematical model of the vehicle was formulated by using of joint coordinates and homogenous transformations. A maneuver of driving over obstacles in a form of a speed bump of different heights and lengths is presented. A subject of the investigations was to select such damping parameters and driver’s seat stiffness to minimize amplitudes of vibrations present in this subassembly. An influence of a form of an objective function and a selection of decisive variables on quality of the optimization results obtained was analyzed.

Driver Comfort Improvement by a Selection of Optimal Springing of a Seat

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Technical Transactions

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An optimal way to select parameters of a driver’s seat of a special vehicle, which contributes directly to an increase in driving comfort is presented in the...

Driver Comfort Improvement by a Selection of Optimal Springing of a Seat

Published Online: May 26, 2020

Page range: 217 - 235

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.083.6440

Keywords
active suspension, drive comfort, dynamic optimization, computer modeling

© 2020 Szymon Tengler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Driver Comfort Improvement by a Selection of Optimal Springing of a Seat

Published Online: May 26, 2020

Page range: 217 - 235

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.083.6440

Keywordsactive suspension, drive comfort, dynamic optimization, computer modeling

© 2020 Szymon Tengler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
active suspension, drive comfort, dynamic optimization, computer modeling