Truck Air Ride Suspensions

[AirRider04]

I am a new engineer with a company that designs/builds Air Ride Suspensions for trucks.

I was wondering if anyone knows of any design/reference books for Air Ride Suspensions specifically or Truck Suspensions in general.

Thanks

 

[neutralsteer]

You may find some good info. in Theory of Ground Vehicles by Wong.

 

[RikuY]

This is one of my hobbies. My Sonoma is outfitted with a complete air spring suspension set-up. My best reference material came from simple statics, i.e. free-body diagrams, range of motion geometry, etc.
After that, the existing linkage designs and automotive suspension designs are a good source for me.
Society of Automotive Engineers comes to mind.

http://www.sae.org

RikuY

 

[davhowtay]

AirRider04:
There are quite a few SAE papers on this subject, including a book: "Truck Vehicle Dynamics & Suspensions", ref: #SP-1728.
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[mloew]

Firestone Industrial Products Company is the dominant player in North America for truck air springs.

Best regards,

Matthew Ian Loew


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