TiagoBrazil
Automotive
- Aug 11, 2014
- 1
Hi guys.
I'm new to this forum and considered some of the things I've read this is a valuable source of knowledge.
My name is Tiago, I'm a Mechanical Engineer from Brazil and I'm currently developing a study for my specialization course in Automotive Engineering about the side load influence over the wear and leakage of the struts in a McPherson suspension.
I'd like to know more about the influence of this side load in vehicles to answer some of my proposed questions on my Final Paper. For example:
- How does it affect the handling and comfort of the vehicle?
- How does it affect the life cycle of the strut? (I understand that this phenomena increases the dumping force and causes unnecessary friction to the inner tube)
- What kind of compensation should be done by the spring? Should it be 50% of the force? 100%? 10%?
- Can it be compensated, at least partially, by the geometry angles? How? Which ones?
If you could answer me in order to help me address these questions and enlighten me in which books or some paper to seek this information, I'd be very pleased.
Thank you very much in advance.
I'm new to this forum and considered some of the things I've read this is a valuable source of knowledge.
My name is Tiago, I'm a Mechanical Engineer from Brazil and I'm currently developing a study for my specialization course in Automotive Engineering about the side load influence over the wear and leakage of the struts in a McPherson suspension.
I'd like to know more about the influence of this side load in vehicles to answer some of my proposed questions on my Final Paper. For example:
- How does it affect the handling and comfort of the vehicle?
- How does it affect the life cycle of the strut? (I understand that this phenomena increases the dumping force and causes unnecessary friction to the inner tube)
- What kind of compensation should be done by the spring? Should it be 50% of the force? 100%? 10%?
- Can it be compensated, at least partially, by the geometry angles? How? Which ones?
If you could answer me in order to help me address these questions and enlighten me in which books or some paper to seek this information, I'd be very pleased.
Thank you very much in advance.