Abstract
This paper discusses an application of inerters' mechanical elements to building passive suspension systems for improving body displacement as a ride comfort. Thanh-Tung Tran et al. have proposed new design of an independent suspension system using the inerter mechanism allows changing the sprung and un-sprung masses. They confirmed improving the vehicle stability with displacement on rough ground. In this paper, to accurately evaluate ride comfort, we introduced the passenger model for reproducing a shaking head as the effect of ride comfort and carried out the simulation of the vehicle suspension models with the passenger model. These analysis results were described and discussed into the paper.
