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Active Cab Suspension for Enhanced Ride and Comfort on Heavy-Duty Trucks

Company: Volvo Trucks North America

Major(s):
Primary: ME
Secondary: EE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: YES

Intellectual Property: YES

Based on today’s trend, technology is moving towards advancements which in-turn will likely drive the addition of new requirements as well as opportunities. As such, an advanced active cab suspension solution may further improve the ride/comfort of a heavy duty truck and reduce the fatigue on drivers and provide quality performance. Steps to be completed in this project: 1. Explore different active suspensions available currently on the market. 2. Investigate possible implementation on a long-haul sleeper cab truck. 3. Come up with a unique design solution and simulate it to see how much it will improve ride & comfort 4. Develop stiffness curves for the proposed design. 5. Run simulations with the stiffness curves and compare it with our current suspension design.

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