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SUMMARY:Biomechanics Laboratory Seminar Series
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LOCATION:Biomechanics Research Laboratory @ UIC
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:           Biomechanics Seminar Series=0D=0A=
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    Topic: Concepts and Modeling of a Skyhook Suspension System for a Truck Driver Seat=0D=0A=
    Speaker: Bertrand Valero=0D=0A=
    Location: Biomechanics Research Lab 1032 ERF- 842 West Taylor St.=0D=0A=
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 Seat design in heavy vehicles has received little attention on the past. As stated in In-Gindy (1992), there is a contradiction between the handling and the driver comfort : good vehicle handling requires a large roll stiffness at the front axle of the truck, which causes large vertical accelerations in the driver's seat. Therefore a secondary mechanism is needed to control the seat displacement.=0D=0A=
 Yet, using a suspension with a constant stiffness and damping does not give a good frequency response for all frequencies. A skyhook suspension induces a variable damping improving the response at all frequencies.=0D=0A=
 In our case, a skyhook suspension is implemented through a piston in a cylinder and a valve connecting both sides of the piston. A control algorithm has been developed to rule the pressure in the cylinder. A first multibody model of the suspension is being developed=0D=0A=
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