Double anti-roll bar hardware-in-loop experiment for active anti-roll control system

Abstract

Active anti-roll bar (AARB) is a cheaper alternative for a fully active suspension system, which can be adapted into passenger cars, made possible by today’s technology. AARB minimizes body roll and improve ride comfort. In this paper, the design of a Hardware-in-loop (HIL) test bench is presented. The HIL test bench is able to test dual AARB system, each for front and rear of a car respectively. HIL testing will allow designer to analyze and validate the performance of the proposed AARB system before it could be implemented in a real car. This paper focuses on the practicality and adaptability of implementing Fuzzy based PID controllers into the AARB system. HIL experiment compares the performance of proposed Self-Tuning Fuzzy PI-PD (STF PI-PD) controller against the PI-PD Type Fuzzy Logic Controller (PI-PD Type FLC) and Self-Tuning Fuzzy PID (STF PID) controllers. STF PID controller was proposed by previous researchers for an AARB system. Experimental results suggest that the proposed AARB system, which incorporates STF PI-PD controller is able to reduce 87.68% of roll angle and 50.04% in roll rate in average, thus improving the vehicle dynamics. STF PI-PD controller significantly outperforms both STF PID and PI-PD Type FLC controllers in various handling tests.