Suspension Damping System Help Needed!
Suspension Damping System Help Needed!
(OP)
Hi All,
First off, is this the right place to post on an Oil Damping System for part of a suspension shock?
Anyway, I've created a concept design for a shock unit for a professional racing mountain bike and I have created basic, rough virtual prototypes in AD Inventor.
My problem is I need to be able to find out what diameters for hydraulic lines within the shock need to be, the volume needed in the main piston, and I need to be able to test certain small valves, (most are needle valves and pressure relief), against different oil pressures so that I may acheive an accurate damping rate for the shock. I have Inventor 11 and have access to ANSYS MultiPhysics. ANSYS seems like too much for what I want to do, I was hoping their was a more simple software package out their which would be good for what I need to do.
Has anyone got an suggestions as to what I should do or use?
If all fails, I take it that it is possible to test valves and test oil flow in certain diameters in hydraulic piping in ANSYS?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers! Mike.
First off, is this the right place to post on an Oil Damping System for part of a suspension shock?
Anyway, I've created a concept design for a shock unit for a professional racing mountain bike and I have created basic, rough virtual prototypes in AD Inventor.
My problem is I need to be able to find out what diameters for hydraulic lines within the shock need to be, the volume needed in the main piston, and I need to be able to test certain small valves, (most are needle valves and pressure relief), against different oil pressures so that I may acheive an accurate damping rate for the shock. I have Inventor 11 and have access to ANSYS MultiPhysics. ANSYS seems like too much for what I want to do, I was hoping their was a more simple software package out their which would be good for what I need to do.
Has anyone got an suggestions as to what I should do or use?
If all fails, I take it that it is possible to test valves and test oil flow in certain diameters in hydraulic piping in ANSYS?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers! Mike.





RE: Suspension Damping System Help Needed!
I'd be inclined to start your iterations at a nominal set of measurements kindly provided by reverse engineering one of the many excellent products currently on the market.