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    Analysis of Compressive Forces in Suspension System

    I am doing some analysis on a suspension system. The suspension system is braced on a metal rig. Force is applied to it by manually pumping up a bottle jack. The ram of the jack pushes a compression plate onto the bottom of the tyre carcass. In order to measure the vertical force input I...
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    Calculating Max Force on Suspension System over Triangular Speed Bump

    integration I am struggling with the integration equation above... I have looked at a couple of books on calculus but I am afraid I am lost! W = S F(x) . d(x) = kx2 2 The k value i have is 3250N/m and the x value is 0.07m If anyone could help me I...
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    Calculating Max Force on Suspension System over Triangular Speed Bump

    I gave that a go and I have got a figure for the spring constant. Can anyone tell me what the 'd' stands for in the above equation. I apologise for my stupidity. I was always more artistically inclined...
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    Calculating Max Force on Suspension System over Triangular Speed Bump

    spring constant Thanks for your reply Crosson. Thanks for pointing out my school boy error. I was trying to calcualte the spring constant on the system. The problem is a I don't know the springs extension when it is in equilibrium. If I use F = kx the value for F and displacement will be...
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    Calculating Max Force on Suspension System over Triangular Speed Bump

    Wonder if anyone can help? I need to find out the maximum force experienced by a suspension system when it is traveling over a triangular speed bump. I am doing a set of experiments on a suspension test rig and I would like to know the extremes of suspension forces. The inital speed is...
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