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Abstract Road humps are considered as one of the best design propositions to control running vehicle speeds and provide a safe and calm traffic. Although the traffic regulations and alertness of the driver are primary important, hump designs and their configuration parameters are essential from the point of view of vehicle dynamics. This thesis presents a comparative theoretical analysis of the transient dynamic responses for two different types of vehicles (passenger car and truck) when crossing road humps with different profiles. The main objectives are the evaluation of the ride comfort and road holding in terms of the vibration acceleration of the vehicle in vertical and pitch modes, suspension deflections, total tire loads and the dynamic ground clearance on standard road hump shapes, vehicle speeds and wheel base considering the linear and bilinear characteristics of dampers. Also, the Egyptian local road humps have been measured and evaluated. Genetic Algorithm (GA) has been used to find a new hump shape which minimizes the ride comfort parameters up to the desired speed limit. Also, the genetic algorithm has been used to design an active suspension systems for both two types of vehicles for enhancement the ride dynamic parameters and safety. The results have been generated and presented in time domain and in tables as root mean square values. The results showed that most of the existing Egyptian road humps are not designed based on standard shapes and the use of the new optimized humps improved safety of the vehicles and traffic calming. Also, using an active suspension system significantly improved the ride comfort and road holding requirement. |