Application of intelligent adaptive force control for a helicopter seat suspension

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran

2 MSc Student, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran

Abstract

The high level of transmitted noise and vibrations of a helicopter flight to the aircrew body can cause discomfort and perhaps affect their performance and physical condition. This paper presents an active seat suspension system with intelligent active force control (AFC) using an artificial neural network (ANN), iterative learning (IL) algorithm, and fuzzy logic (FL) to reduce vibration on the helicopter seat. Therefore, three control schemes are considered for this application, namely AFCANN, AFCIL, and AFCFL. Computer simulations have been performed using MATLAB software to verify the proposed control schemes. The pilot head displacement, acceleration, and also seat acceleration transmissibility are selected as target variables. The simulation results illustrate that the usage of proposed control schemes leads to effective control of target variables, especially active force control using fuzzy logic (AFCFL), which is showing superior performance and accuracy between other intelligent adaptive force control schemes.In future work, this controller will be assessed by experimental tests.

Highlights

  • Active seat suspension attenuates helicopter vibrations transmitted to the crew.
  • Intelligent active force controllers were assessed for seat suspension by simulations.
  • AI methods (IL, ANN and FL) were implemented to estimate system’s mass parameter.
  • Active force control using fuzzy logic (AFCFL) shows superior performance among other control schemes.

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Journal of Theoretical and Applied Vibration and Acoustics
Volume 6, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
January 2020
Pages 183-200

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