Abstract
A new control scheme is proposed for force control in vehicle active suspension design by using genetic algorithms (GA) with a half car model. In this study, force cancellation concept is employed to isolate the force between sprung and unsprung mass. Virtual damper and skyhook damper concepts are also used for reducing the sprung mass acceleration and tire deflection. GA is adopted to obtain the better coefficients of virtual damper and skyhook damper for its effective searching ability. Computer simulations are performed to verify the proposed control scheme.