Calculating Double Wishbone Suspension Loads
Calculating Double Wishbone Suspension Loads
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I wonder if someone can help me.
I am trying to calculate the loads in the suspension components of a typical car double wishbone setup. I have found a thread on the www.fsae.com forum, which seems to be exactly the kind of thing I am looking for
http://www.fsae.com/forums/showthread.php?11179-an...
(See Post 5)
Which involves considering the assembly as a 3D truss, and building up matrices, containing 1. the unit vectors and cross products at the mounting points of the struts at the upright and 2. the forces and cross products at the tyre contact patch. Which when the inverse of matrix 1 is multiplied by matrix 2, results in a third matrix containing the loads on the struts.
What is the general concensus of oppinion of this meathod? Obviously it is quite simplified as few wishbone setups have components which are purely in tension or compression.
Can someone give me the name of this method of truss analysis, and any textbooks / resources that specifically cover this method?
Thank you in advance for your help!
I am trying to calculate the loads in the suspension components of a typical car double wishbone setup. I have found a thread on the www.fsae.com forum, which seems to be exactly the kind of thing I am looking for
http://www.fsae.com/forums/showthread.php?11179-an...
(See Post 5)
Which involves considering the assembly as a 3D truss, and building up matrices, containing 1. the unit vectors and cross products at the mounting points of the struts at the upright and 2. the forces and cross products at the tyre contact patch. Which when the inverse of matrix 1 is multiplied by matrix 2, results in a third matrix containing the loads on the struts.
What is the general concensus of oppinion of this meathod? Obviously it is quite simplified as few wishbone setups have components which are purely in tension or compression.
Can someone give me the name of this method of truss analysis, and any textbooks / resources that specifically cover this method?
Thank you in advance for your help!





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Greg Locock
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RE: Calculating Double Wishbone Suspension Loads
Vectors do appear to be the way to go with this, I'll have to spend a bit of time studying your .dwg file
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I like using vectors because I can figure the loads as I draw the parts.
RE: Calculating Double Wishbone Suspension Loads
The only correct method is the 3d vector approach since most of the "inplane" methods fall into pieces when a suspension is a 5 link multi-link (without any wishbondes). I have written a few topics about suspension design on the FSAE forum so have a look there.
Cheers,
dynatune
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