BMFA 3313

Control Systems

ASSIGNMENT 1

Figure 1(a) shows a force F acted on the support spring of a truck that being added with a
load, and make the tyre flexes. A ¼ truck model (one of the four wheels) is used to simplify
the tyre movement to a one-dimensional (1D) multiple mass-spring-damper system as
shown in Figure 1(b).

Figure 1: Truck support model

This system has the following specifications:

¼ truck body mass (mv) = 2.5 x 103 kg
Suspension mass (mt) = 0.32 x 103 kg
Spring constant of suspension system (k1) = 80 x 103 N/m
Spring constant of wheel and tire (k2) = 500 x 103 N/m
Damping constant of suspension system (b1) = 0.35 x 103 Ns/m
Damping constant of wheel and tire (b2) = 15.02 x 103 Ns/m

ANSWER ALL THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. Write the equations of motion of the system.

2. Compute the following:
(a) Transfer function G1(s) = X1 / F(s),
(b) Transfer function G2(s) = X2 / F(s),
(c) Transfer function G3(s) = X1 - X2 / F(s).

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