Tuning the Dynamic Characteristics of Tracked Vehicles Suspension Using Controllable Fluid Dampers

The paper addresses analytical, numerical and experimental aspects of the design of controlled fluid damper. The mathematical model served the development of a numerical model in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The selected important aspects of the tracked vehicles dynamic modelling process related to dynamics of the drive system and the suspension of selected tracked vehicles are presented. The main aim of the article was to present the investigation results of the experimental studies of a prototype rotary shock absorber at various magnitudes of control current was presented in this paper. Simulation and preliminary experimental results comprising resistance force values as a function of angular displacement and angular velocity are presented.