INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Member Login

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips now!

Talk With Other Members
Be Notified Of Responses
To Your Posts
Keyword Search
One-Click Access To Your
Favorite Forums
Automated Signatures
On Your Posts
Best Of All, It's Free!

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

LINK TO THIS FORUM!

Eng-Tips LinkedIn^® Group

Join our
LinkedIn^® Group!

Hook up with past and present colleagues and classmates quickly.

Partner With Us!

"Best Of Breed" Forums Add Stickiness To Your Site

(Download This Button Today!)

Feedback

"...One of the best run forums I have used in years! ...I like the way the site is organized and your no tolerance of flames..."

More...

Geography

Where in the world do Eng-Tips members come from?

Click Here To Find Out!

Eng-Tips Shirts!

Get your
Eng-Tips Forums
SWAG here!

Home > Forums > Automotive Engineers > Activities > Automotive suspension engineering Forum

Help with damper curves

Read More Threads Like This One

ttx40 (Automotive)

28 Apr 12 15:31

Hello all,  please pardon the very basic nature of this post.
I'm looking for a good resource for reading the different types of damper dyno graphs (and it seems the number of these graphs is increasing in type).
I've been told that the standard force vs. velocity chart is fairly useless, as it only shows a force at peak velocity, and does little to show what happens in the fine details. I would think that knowing the slope of the graph in between those force peaks would be worth looking at....
Any help anyone can provide (gt2racer6?) would be greatly appreciated.  I'm starting at just about zero.  I do have RCVD, and a copy of Dixon's shock book is on the way.
It's a confusing topic for a newbie, as there are different damper designs that must achieve different things too.
Thanks for any help!

GregLocock (Automotive)

29 Apr 12 2:56

According to a successful race engineer I know, Dixon is about as good as it gets, in the public domain.

Cheers

Greg Locock

New here? Try reading these, they might help FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

arishoda (Automotive)

30 Apr 12 10:54

It's complex motion process,the nature of force vs velocity ever confused me too,see my thread, hope it help you understand it.

Click this site:http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=308996

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!

Back To Forum

Back To Automotive suspension engineering