Motor cycles are the common mode of transport of the middle class India. When the rider driving on the bumping road circumstances rider has to face problems results in exposure to whole body vibration. Motorcycle pitch is produced due to a sudden acceleration/ sudden deceleration or whenever the vehicle hits the pot hole / bump. The goal of this research was to design of motorcycle suspension system and optimize the pitch using nonlinear controller, modeling and simulation is carried out using MATLAB and the results are compared with existing work. To give the prominent to improve the ride eminence and increase in comfort due to substantially reduced the amplitude of disturbances by presenting nonlinear controllers to decrease the effect of travelling over rough ground.

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Optimization of Motorcycle Pitch with Non Linear

Control

Dankan V Gowda, Kishore D V, Shivashankar, Ramachandra A C, Pandurangappa C

Abstract-Motor cycles are the common mode of transport of the

middle class India. When the rider driving on the bumping road

circumstances rider has to face problems results in exposure to

whole body vibration. Motorcycle pitch is produced due to a

sudden acceleration/ sudden deceleration or whenever the vehicle

hits the pot hole / bump. The goal of this research was to design

of motorcycle suspension system and optimize the pitch using

nonlinear controller, modeling and simulation is carried out

using MATLAB and the results are compared with existing

work. To give the prominent to improve the ride eminence and

increase in comfort due to substantially reduced the amplitude of

disturbances by presenting nonlinear controllers to decrease the

effect of travelling over rough ground.

Keywords-Motorcycle, Nonlinear Control, Suspension system,

Pitch, Bump.

I. INTRODUCTION

In India many enterprises are using motorcycles, these

includes in transportation, courier services, postal delivery,

police etc. vibration in motor cycle riding had out us an

interesting case to concerning for assessment of entire body

vibration.

In any design endeavor with limited time for research and

development, tools that increase productivity or decrease

necessary testing are crucial for success. This gives rise to a

need for development tools such as computer models of

suspension, chassis, and engine systems. Because of schedule

constraints, the suspension design of most automobile two

wheeler is based primarily on steady state analysis [1]. There

are many types of automotive suspension dampers, which are

commonly referred to as shock absorbers. This is misnomer

because the damper does not actually absorb the shock. That is

the function of the suspension springs. As is well known, a

spring/mass system without energy dissipation exhibits

perpetual harmonic motion with the spring and the mass

exchanging potential and kinetic energy, respectively. The

function of the damper is to remove the kinetic energy from

the system and to cover it into thermal energy.

The suspension system in motorcycle is assembled by

springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connected to

vehicle and which intern connects to its wheels. [2]

Dankan V Gowda, Asst. professor, Dept. Of ECE, SVCE, Bangalore,

Karnataka, India (dankanies@gmail.com )

Kishore D V, Asst. professor, Dept. Of ECE, SVCE, Bangalore, Karnataka,

India (kishoredvgowda@gmail.com )

Shivashankar, HOD & Professor, Dept. Of ECE, SVCE, Bangalore,

Karnataka, India (hodece@svcengg.com)

Ramachandra A C, HOD & Professor, Dept. Of ECE, ACE, Bangalore,

Karnataka, India (ramachandra.ace@gmail.com )

Pandurangappa.C, Professor, Dept. Of Mathematics, UBDT, Davanagere,

Karnataka, India,( pandurangappa_c@yahoo.co.in )

If the road is irregular vehicle suspension isolates chassis for

these conditions.

The leading functions of vehicle suspension system are:

providing vertical defiance so the wheel can follow the bumpy

alleyway.

It maintains the steer and camber postures appropriate to

road surface. It gives immediate reaction to control forces

created by the tires and also maintain the tries in contact with

motorway with minimal load variants [3] , [4].

A motorcycle's suspension system consists of a spring

coupled to a viscous damping element, a piston in a cylinder

filled with oil. It assists vehicles handling and braking, if

provides a safety and comforts to the vehicles and passengers

by secluded from road noise, bumps and vibrations.

To reduce the effect of vibration in the motorcycles mainly

we have to use vehicle suspension system [5]. The

conventional passive system is composed of flexible

apparatuses, which is imperiled to many constraints. To make

vehicle activity in good condition and to improve the comfort

stability of vehicle we need to introduce the dynamic

suspensions so that we obtain the dynamic responses to the

road and vehicle condition because its external energy inputs

can produce the subsequent force with peripheral excitations.

The spring and damping parameters are normally fixed in

subservient suspension system which has a capacity to stock

the energy through spring and it dissipate via damper to

achieve level of conciliation between road handling, load

carrying and ride comfort [6]. These parameters in a dynamic

suspension system are having ability to hoard, dispel and

familiarize energy to the system. Depending upon the

operating conditions all these parameters is varied.

II. LITERATURE SURVEY

F. Baronti, [7] presents a system in order to compensate the

load variation which is capable of incessantly correcting the

suspension preload of motorcycle without user intrusion. This

system measures the suspension stroke by the utilization of

electronic system is based on microcontroller and linear

position sensor. To maintain average value of suspension

constant system executes a closed loop control algorithm that

adjust the preload.

F. Baronti, [8] presents the application of electronics to the

control of the rear suspension of motorcycle. The main

objective of the system designed to make the suspension work

around its optimum operating point which intern improves the

safety and comfort of the vehicles. To move the operating

point away from the optimal value, variations has to be taken

in load carried by the vehicle determine a change of

suspension spring compression. A designed electronic system

revels load changes and automatically adjusts the motorcycle

suspension preload in order to compensate the load variation

and keep the suspension to its optimal operating point.

B. Pratheepa,[9] To improve the performance a suspension

system there need to be designed mathematical model and

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simulation of a controller for active and passive suspensions

with Linear Quadratic Regular(LQR) controllers. A controller

is designed for active suspension system and simulated for

passive and active suspension system using MATLAB and

SIMULINK.

It is examined for both active and passive systems using

conventional method and acceleration method. After

simulation the results are represented by graphically for the

various parameters such as passenger displacement and

acceleration. From these graphical simulations got to know

that active suspension system is more proficient than passive

system [11],[12].

III. MATHEMATICAL MODELING

Consider the motorcycle as shown in figure.1To reduces

the ambiances and a force caused by uneven road

environments motorcycle suspension system is designed.

Because of road's apparent asymmetries reason the

motorcycle to move plumb as well as revolve around an axis.

By ignoring the mass of tires, the system comprises of a single

mass (Vehicle frame plus driver) that has plumb motion and

spin. Figure 1shows the system and force balance for

motorcycle suspension.

Fig.1: Motor cycle suspension system [12]

Fig.2: Undeveloped system and force stability for motorcycle suspension

system

Mass M and moment of inertia J is single rigid body can

be considered as the motorcycle structure and driver. Ya and

Yb are the input displacement at each wheel represents the

road conditions. A each axle of suspension system has Spring

and dashpot .Therefore the sum of the damping force (Fa )

(Newton's Law) and the spring force (Fb ) are the total forces

exerted on the motorcycle structure by each wheel.



  

   And

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   (1)

Each spring Y a and Yb from the reference represents the

instantaneous displacement. The plumb and revolving

displacements of the center of mass, Y (t) and θ (t) are the

plumb displacement and is given by

  

 

The terms, θL a and θL b are geometry considerations as

ashown in the figure 3. Let us assume that sinθ θ for minor

angular displacements, and positive θ is a counter clock wise

rotation.

Fig.3: Geometry contemplations for plumb displacement v/s revolution angle

By combining the equations the negative sign force

expression in (1) and the displacement terms in equation (2)

gives

Fa = (Ca S +ka) [Ya (Y - θL a)] and

Fb = (Cbs + kb) [Yb (Y + θL b )]

or defining

Za = (CaS + ka) , Zb = (CbS+ kb) gives

Fa = Za [Ya (Y - θL a)] and

Fb = Zb [Y b –(Y+θL b )] (3)

Finally, to satisfy Newton's law the sum of the vertical forces

we have



   

Ms2 Y = Za [Ya (Y - θL a)] + Zb [Yb (Y + θLb )]

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and

(Ms2 +Za +Z b)Y (Za La - Zb Lb )θ = Z a Ya + Zb Y b 6.5)

Y0 =0 and dY/dt/t=0 = 0 gives initially no vertical motion i.e the

force stability for the system with hypothesis that motorcycle

structure and driver.

If we now perform a torque balance

(i.e. 

 ) on the above system with the

center of mass (CM) as the pivot point, one has

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  

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and

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Again, let assume that initially all conditions are zero (i.e.

  

 t=0 

From zero initial conditions finally we can write matrix for the

force and moment balance equations as shown below

 

 







For the simplification matrix can be written as

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Aij and B ij terms are coefficients of Y and θ and these are

expressed as

   



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IV. SIMULATION

Major sub-systems of the Simulink model are: Road

model and Suspension system. The front-suspension

displacement and rear-suspension displacement information

are obtained from in Longitudinal Dynamic model. The

corresponding info at tire-level is obtained by using the spring

co-efficient. When bump enable signal is received from

graphics model, Road-model is enabled.

In the Road model, front-suspension displacement and

rear-suspension displacements are evaluated based on length

and height of Bump/pot-hole as well as considering the current

vehicle speed. The block also evaluates the precise status of

bump occurrence using Bump Model. This status information

is used to select the input to the suspensionsystem

The suspension system then evaluates the pitch of the

vehicle using the front-suspension displacement and rear-

suspension displacement that are evaluated above.

4.1 Pitch: In a vehicle, during sudden acceleration, the

normal force acting on rear-wheel increases while the normal

force on the front wheel reduces. This results in a positive

pitch.

During sudden deceleration, the normal force acting on

the front wheel increases while the normal force on the rear-

wheel reduces. This results in a negative pitch.

Fig. 5: Motor cycle positive pitch

Fig. 6: Motorcycle negative pitch

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V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The simulation parameters used in motorcycle suspension

system and road model is tabulated in Table I.

TABLE I: PRELOADED PARAMETERS USED IN MOTORCYCLE

SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND ROAD MODEL

Mass of the vehicle + rider

Distance from COG to front wheel

center

Distance from COG to rear wheel

center

Stiffness of rear suspension

Stiffness of front suspension

Damper coefficient rear suspension

Damper coefficient front wheel

Length of the bump/pothole

Height of the bump/pothole

The model simulation results for the cases of Bump and

Pot-hole are shown below. The model simulation results for

the cases of Bump and Pot-hole are shown below.

A. Pitch Due To Bump And Sudden Acceleration

/Deceleration:

Fig.7: Pitch due to bump and sudden acceleration/deceleration

Fig. 4 : Simulink model of Motor cycle Suspension and Road Model

From the fig.7, We can observe that, the vehicle is

moving with constant velocity results a zero pitch at time t=95

sec given sudden throttle due to which results in positive pitch

variation of up to 5 degrees, and at time t=140 sec vehicle

encounter a bump of height and length 1m respectively, results

a oscillatory pitch of range from 20 to 10 degrees. At time

t=185 sec given a sudden deceleration due to which

motorcycle pitch is negative with rage of -5 degrees.

B. Pitch due to Pothole:

From the fig.8,We can observe that, the vehicle is moving

with constant velocity results a zero pitch at time t=100 sec

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given sudden throttle due to which results in positive pitch

variation up 5 degrees, at time t=185 sec given a sudden

deceleration due to which motorcycle pitch is negative

variation up to -5 degrees. And at time t=230 sec vehicle

encounter a pothole of height and length 1m respectively,

results a oscillatory pith range form 15 to -20 degrees.

Fig.8: Pitch due to pothole and sudden acceleration/deceleration

VI. CONCLUSION

Any automotive industry is concern the Motorcycle pitch

optimization is a thought-provoking task. In this paper

motorcycle modeling of suspension system is done and the

pitch is controlled using a Non-linear controller. Simulation

results matched very closely with the reality. Road

disturbances (bumps/potholes) simulated accurately. The

suspension model when integrated with the other components

in the vehicle model, gave very good results in terms of final

forces and acceleration. Motorcycle pitch without controller is

of range between 25 to 30 degrees. From the above results it

can be concluded that suspension with Non-linear controller,

the motor cycle pitch can be optimized to maximum of 20

degrees. Thus the reduction in pitch results better rider

comfort and road handling. Further research can be done to

measure the motorcycle pitch for random road profiles. To

investigate the consistency and thoughtfulness of the comfort

and vehicle handling indexes to influence parameters.

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Stress is a psychological disorder that affects every aspect of life and diminishes the quality of sleep. The strategy presented in this paper for detecting cognitive stress levels using facial landmarks is successful. The major goal of this system was to employ visual technology to detect stress using a machine learning methodology. The novelty of this work lies in the fact that a stress detection system should be as non-invasive as possible for the user. The user tension and these evidences are modelled using machine learning. The computer vision techniques we utilized to extract visual evidences, the machine learning model we used to forecast stress and related parameters, and the active sensing strategy we used to collect the most valuable evidences for efficient stress inference are all discussed. Our findings show that the stress level identified by our method is accurate is consistent with what psychological theories predict. This presents a stress recognition approach based on facial photos and landmarks utilizing AlexNet architecture in this research. It is vital to have a gadget that can collect the appropriate data. The use of a biological signal or a thermal image to identify stress is currently being investigated. To address this limitation, we devised an algorithm that can detect stress in photos taken with a standard camera. We have created DNN that uses facial positions points as input to take advantage of the fact that when a person is worried their eye, mouth, and head movements differ from what they are used to. The suggested algorithm senses stress more efficiently, according to experimental data.

It has become easier to access agriculture data in recent years as a result of a decline in digital breaches between agricultural producers and IoT technologies. These future technologies can be used to boost productivity by cultivating food more sustainably while also preserving the environment, thanks to improved water use and input and treatment optimization. The Internet of Things (IoT) enables the production of agricultural process-supporting systems. Referred to as remote monitoring systems, decision support tools, automated irrigation systems, frost protection systems, and fertilisation systems, respectively. Farmers and researchers must be provided with a detailed understanding of IoT applications in agriculture as a result of the knowledge described above. This study is about using Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and techniques to enhance agriculture. This article is meant to serve as an introduction to IoT-based applications in agriculture by identifying need for such tools and explaining how they support agriculture.

In this paper the importance of self tuning adaptive PID control scheme for automotive suspension system is explained. The objective of this study is to obtain a mathematical model for the passive and semi-active suspension system for quarter car model. Current automobile suspension system employs springs and damper with fixed coefficient. Vehicle suspension systems are typically rated by their ability to provide good road handling and improve passenger comfort. Passive suspension offers either one of these two conflicting criteria. However, Semi-Active suspension poses the ability to provide both, handling and comfort by directly controlling the suspension force actuators. In this study, the self tuning Proportional Integral Differential Controller (PID) technique is implemented to the semi-active suspension system for a quarter car model. Comparisons between passive and semi-active suspension system are performed for different types of road profiles. The performance of the P, PD, PI and PID – controllers are compared with the passive suspension system.

In this paper the importance of self tuning adaptive PID control scheme for automotive suspension system is explained. The objective of this study is to obtain a mathematical model for the passive and semi-active suspension system for quarter car model. Current automobile suspension system employs springs and damper with fixed coefficient. Vehicle suspension systems are typically rated by their ability to provide good road handling and improve passenger comfort. Passive suspension offers either one of these two conflicting criteria. However, Semi-Active suspension poses the ability to provide both, handling and comfort by directly controlling the suspension force actuators. In this study, the self tuning Proportional Integral Differential Controller (PID) technique is implemented to the semi-active suspension system for a quarter car model. Comparisons between passive and semi-active suspension system are performed for different types of road profiles. The performance of the P, PD, PI and PID – controllers are compared with the passive suspension system.

Comfort and safety of vehicles significantly depends on the behavior of the suspension system. This is particularly true in two-wheel vehicles where the equilibrium is fundamental. Variations of the static load on the vehicle determine a compression of the suspension spring that modifies the static equilibrium point with respect to the optimal value. The system we describe is capable of continuously correcting the suspension preload of a motorcycle without user intervention, in order to compensate the load variations. The electronic system is based on a microcontroller and a linear position sensor that measures the suspension stroke. It executes a closed-loop control algorithm that adjusts the preload and maintains the average value of the suspension stroke constant. The experimental results coming from road tests performed on a scooter are reported and discussed.

In this paper, measurement set-up and data analysis for the characterization of two-wheel vehicles suspension systems with regard to comfort and road holding is proposed. The main aim is the definition of a method for the experimental quantification of the suspension system performance. An application of the method to the verification of both comfort and safety assured by a control strategy for semi active suspensions is reported.

  • B. Pratheepa

This paper describes the mathematical model and simulation of controller for active suspension with Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) controller and about the improvement in performance. In this work, a controller is designed for active suspension system and simulated for both passive and active suspension system using SIMULINK in MATLAB. Two controller design approaches, namely conventional method (CM) and acceleration dependent method (ADM) have been examined for the active system. Results are graphical representation of various parameters like Passenger displacement and acceleration, RMS acceleration etc which shows active suspension system is more efficient than Passive system. From this simulation, we can say that system has better potential to improve both the ride comfort and road holding.

  • Thomas D. Gillespie

This book attempts to find a middle ground by balancing engineering principles and equations of use to every automotive engineer with practical explanations of the mechanics involved, so that those without a formal engineering degree can still comprehend and use most of the principles discussed. Either as an introductory text or a practical professional overview, this book is an ideal reference.

This paper describes the application of electronics to the control of the rear suspension of a motorcycle. The aim of the system is to make the suspension work around its optimal operating point, so that the safety and comfort of the vehicle can be improved. In fact, variations of the load carried by the vehicle determine a change of the suspension spring compression that moves the operating point away from the optimal value. Spring compression can also be changed by varying the suspension preload. The electronic system described here reveals load changes and automatically adjusts the motorcycle suspension preload in order to compensate the load variation and keep the suspension to its optimal operating point. The system is based on a linear position sensor that monitors the actual stroke of the suspension and a microcontroller that executes the control algorithm and drives the preload actuator. Road tests carried out on a motor scooter equipped with the system show its correct functionality and demonstrate the achievement of a better operation of the suspension with simple hardware and cost affordable for the two-wheel market.

Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics, Society of Automotive Engineers

  • T D Gillespie

T.D. Gillespie, Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, USA, pp. 237, 1992.

  • K K Jain
  • R B Asthana

Jain K K, Asthana R B. In: Automobile Engineering; London, Tata McGraw-Hill, pp.293-294, 2002.

Motorbooks Race Tech's, Motorcycle suspension Bible

  • Paul Thede
  • Lee Parks

Paul Thede and Lee Parks, Motorbooks Race Tech's, Motorcycle suspension Bible, MBI publishing company, USA, ISBN-13:978-0-7603-3140-8, chapter1, pp. 6-7, 2010.