Ride comfort evaluation for a double-drum vibratory roller with semi-active hydraulic cab mount system

The construction machinery market has required increasingly not only on working capacity but also ride comfort quality, therefore it has required increasing toward researchers and manufacturers. The main objective of this paper proposes and evaluates the performance of semi-active hydraulic cab mount system (SHCMs) of a double-drum vibratory roller in the direction of enhancing vehicle ride comfort under different operating conditions. Firstly, a nonlinear dynamic model of passive hydraulic cab mount system (PHCMs) is established to determine its vertical force which is connected with a dynamic model of vehicle - ground surface interaction. And then, a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is designed to control the value of the damping force of SHCMs. Both the differential equations of motion and FLC are implemented in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. Finally, the ride performance of SHCMs is evaluated under different conditions according to ISO 2631: 1997 (E) standard. The obtained results show that the values of objective functions with SHCMs significantly reduce in comparison with PHCMs under different operating conditions.