Abstract:
A method for controlling a vehicle semi-active suspension system comprising at least one suspension, provides for: detecting vehicle dynamic quantities (S1,S2,...,Sn) during the vehicle ride; on the basis of the detected dynamic quantities, calculating target damping force characteristics (Fam[1:4]) for the at least one suspension of the suspension system (33) suitable to substantially minimize a vehicle body acceleration at the same time substantially maximizing a force transmitted by the at least one suspension to the road surface, said calculating being based on the Sky Hook control model; controlling (34,35,36) the at least one suspension to put the respective damping force characteristics in accordance with the calculated damping force characteristics. A fuzzy calculation is performed to determine, on the basis of the detected dynamic quantities and on a prescribed set of fuzzy rules, the target damping force characteristics.