Robust finite-time fault-tolerant control for vehicle height and posture regulation with air suspension system subject to actuator faults, uncertainties and external disturbance.

In this paper, a robust control algorithm is designed to achieve a finite-time vehicle height and posture control through electronically controlled air suspension (ECAS) system subject to actuator faults, uncertainties under non-stationary condition. To achieve simultaneous position control of four corners of vehicle, synchronization errors between corners are taken to form a synchronization control strategy. Furthermore, to improve the system convergence speed and robustness, finite-time stability constrain is applied and H ∞ index is designed strategically in order to develop a novel robust finite-time controller. Since the solenoid valves in the ECAS system may degrade with the frequent switching, actuator fault and uncertain parameters are considered in this study to design the proposed fault-tolerant control methodology. Meanwhile, road disturbance is applied to the vehicle with the ECAS system to provide a non-stationary condition. Several software-in-the-loop tests and hardware-in-the-loop test are conducted to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]