A multi-objective optimization method for hydraulically interconnected suspension system

To enhance the ride comfort and roll stability of the special vehicle, this study concentrates on the inherent parameters optimization of the hydraulically interconnected suspension (HIS) system. A road-tire-HIS-body model of a special vehicle is established based on the AMESim/Simulink co-simulation platform. Then the sensitivity of the HIS system is analyzed to determine the design variables to be optimized through the AMESim/Simulink/Isight co-simulation. Two objectives including improving the ride comfort and roll stability of the vehicle are proposed. In order to enhance the population diversity and accelerate the convergence velocity, the improved non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) based on orthogonal experimental design method is used for multi-objective optimization problem of the HIS system. The numerical simulations indicate that the improved NSGA-II (INSGA-II) can generate better distributed Pareto solutions than traditional NSGA-II. Furthermore, simulation results indicate that both of the ride comfort and roll stability of the vehicle are improved based on the HIS system optimized by INSGA-II than NSGA-II. Compared with the NSGA-II method, the vehicle ride comfort and roll stability of HIS system optimized by INSGA-II are increased by 17.62% and 8.56% in sinusoidal conditions, respectively.