CHASSIS STIFFNESS
CHASSIS STIFFNESS
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GOOD DAY ALL,
MY QUESTION ... HOW REPRESENTATIVE IS A STIFFNESS TEST BASED ON OLD FASHIONED KNOWLEDGE EG CHASSIS BOLTED TO THE FLOOR SUPPORTED AT 3 POINTS THEN LOADED TO CREATE AND MEASURE DEFLECTION. THIS IN THE LIGHT OF NO COMPUTER PROGRAMS OR F.E.A. OR LIKE THAT, JUST OLD FASHIONED HANDS ON STUFF? HAVE A PROJECT ON HAND THAT I MUST SELL GETTING TOO OLD WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER WITH A LITTLE MORE INFO. COMMENTS APPRECIATED.
GOLFPIN
MY QUESTION ... HOW REPRESENTATIVE IS A STIFFNESS TEST BASED ON OLD FASHIONED KNOWLEDGE EG CHASSIS BOLTED TO THE FLOOR SUPPORTED AT 3 POINTS THEN LOADED TO CREATE AND MEASURE DEFLECTION. THIS IN THE LIGHT OF NO COMPUTER PROGRAMS OR F.E.A. OR LIKE THAT, JUST OLD FASHIONED HANDS ON STUFF? HAVE A PROJECT ON HAND THAT I MUST SELL GETTING TOO OLD WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER WITH A LITTLE MORE INFO. COMMENTS APPRECIATED.
GOLFPIN





RE: CHASSIS STIFFNESS
I'd admit I haven't seen a production car set up for that test in the last 20 years, but a modal test tells you that and far more. I have seen it used for a one-off, and we then used it to correlate and check the FEA model. Sadly that website got deleted.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: CHASSIS STIFFNESS
Golfpin
RE: CHASSIS STIFFNESS
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: CHASSIS STIFFNESS
Cheers,
dynatune, www.dynatune-xl.com
RE: CHASSIS STIFFNESS
all the best to all for the Easter week.
Golfpin