Manuscript Number : IJSRSET11841302

Analysis of a Passive Linear Quarter Car Suspension System using Matlab/Simulink

Authors(3) :-Dr. K.R. Borole, N. P. Sherje, M. P.Nagarkar

This paper discusses the suspension of a two-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF), Linear Quarter Car, vehicle system. MATLAB/Simulink environment is used to analyze response of the quarter car. The quarter car model is subjected to various inputs like step input, sine, random, saw tooth, ramp etc... To study the system, first the governing equations for a linear quarter car model are derived. Then a Differential Equation approach, State Space approach and Transfer Function approach was used using Simulink blocks. For all the approaches the results matches to each other.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. K.R. Borole
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, STES’s SKNCoE, Pune, Maharashtra, India
N. P. Sherje
Asst. Professor, Mechanical Engineering, STES’s SKNCoE, Pune, Maharashtra, India
M. P.Nagarkar
52, Datta Nagar Pipe Line Road, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India

Linear Quarter car, MATLAB/Simulink, State Space, Transfer Function.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 4 | Issue 1 | January-February 2018
Date of Publication : 2018-02-28
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 1254-1258
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET11841302
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

Cite This Article :

Dr. K.R. Borole, N. P. Sherje, M. P.Nagarkar , " Analysis of a Passive Linear Quarter Car Suspension System using Matlab/Simulink, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp.1254-1258, January-February-2018. Journal URL : https://res.ijsrset.com/IJSRSET11841302

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