SUSPENSION CALCULATIONS

[Manuel P.]

DOES ANY1 KNOW HOW TO CALCULATE THE CORNERING FORCES AND THE BRACKING FORCES ACTING UPON THE WISHBONES! OR PROGRAMS YOU CAN MODEL IT ON OTHER THAN SUSPENSION ANALYZER? OR SPREAD SHEETS?

THANXS

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[Manuel P.]

DOES ANY1 KNOW HOW TO CALCULATE THE CORNERING FORCES AND THE BRACKING FORCES ACTING UPON THE WISHBONES! OR PROGRAMS YOU CAN MODEL IT ON OTHER THAN SUSPENSION ANALYZER? OR SPREAD SHEETS?

THANXS

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[ben]

NB forum etiquette, USING ALL CAPS IS LIKE SHOUTING IN A CONVERSATION.

You can use ADAMS if you have it, but it's basic structural analysis that you should have done at Uni in the first or second year.

There are a couple of free FE packages about that might be useful, search for CADRE or GRAPE on the net.

Pencil, paper and a calculator plus some useful approximations are all that's required to get in the ballpark though.

Ben

University of Birmingham
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