CRONE Body Control with a Pneumatic Self-leveling Suspension System

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  • Jean-Louis Bouvin IMS, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence cedex, France; OpenLab PSA Groupe - IMS Bordeaux Author
  • Xavier Moreau IMS, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence cedex, France; OpenLab PSA Groupe - IMS Bordeaux Author
  • André Benine-Neto IMS, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence cedex, France; OpenLab PSA Groupe - IMS Bordeaux Author
  • Vincent Hernette PSA Groupe, 2 route de Gisy, 78943 Vélizy-Villacoublay, France; OpenLab PSA Groupe - IMS Bordeaux Author
  • Pascal Serrier IMS, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence cedex, France; OpenLab PSA Groupe - IMS Bordeaux Author
  • Alain Oustaloup IMS, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence cedex, France; OpenLab PSA Groupe - IMS Bordeaux Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5890/JAND.2019.03.007

Abstract

This paper deals with vehicle body control under driver inputs through a pneumatic system using the CRONE approach and follows the objective of vehicle level control through the same system. A comparison between this active system and a passive metallic suspension equipping a Citroën C4 Picasso is presented after modeling the pneumatic (leveling) system of a quarter vehicle model with two degrees-of-freedom. Results show an excellent body control as well as, by using the CRONE approach, a robustness of the stability-degree.

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Bouvin, J.-L., Moreau, X., Benine-Neto, A., Hernette, V., Serrier, P., & Oustaloup, A. (2026). CRONE Body Control with a Pneumatic Self-leveling Suspension System. Journal of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics, 8(1), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.5890/JAND.2019.03.007