suspension curve

[Uni Phil]

Hi all


I have a linkage connected to a suspension shock and I would like to know if what the suspension curve is like at different points of the shock stroke.


Is there a way of doing this and if so, how do you go about doing this.





Cheers guys

 

[Israr]

create point to point spring between the two ends.


Israr

 

[Uni Phil]

create point to point spring between the two ends.


Israr

hi israr, im not sure how that gives me a graph telling me the suspension curve.I already know how to set the spring, conditions and so on so that i can work out the spring rate and damping, but i wanted to know how much travel is achieved by a certain amount of shock stroke.


Hence, if the shock has gone through 100mm of its stroke what does thisamount to in travel at the end of the linkage?


Do i maybe have to set up a UDA to create something like this

 

[ncprog]

Check out this link, hope it helps!


http://www.staffs.ac.uk/~entdgc/WildfireDocs/dynamics.pdf


If you have any problems with the link, just access their site


(Staffordshire Universty, UK) and search "pro engineer dynamics"


They have a wealth of information, you should be able to download


the assemble model for the document as well.

 

[Uni Phil]

Hi ncprog - the link you sent is for working out the damping so that you can work out a curve related to how the rear wheel bounces with different damping and compression settings.


I havent found that a problem and use that quite a lot. Thinking about it I may be able to customise the settings though and i might be able to get what im after.


thanks for jogging a new train of thought though