Robust Sampled-Data Control for Vehicle Active Suspension Systems

This brief investigates the problem of robust sampled-data H _∞ control for active vehicle suspension systems. By using an input delay approach, the active vehicle suspension system with sampling measurements is transformed into a continuous-time system with a delay in the state. The transformed system contains non-differentiable time-varying state delay and polytopic parameter uncertainties. A Lyapunov functional approach is employed to establish the H _∞ performance, and the controller design is cast into a convex optimization problem with linear matrix inequality (LMI) constraints. A quarter-car model is considered in this brief and the effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated by a realistic design example.