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15 BAJA Suspension
15 BAJA Suspension
15 BAJA Suspension
Ravindra Deshmukh
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
R&D Centre Nasik.
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE
HOW TO EVALUATE.
•HOLD REAR SHOCK ABSORBER
POINTS .
• APPLY TORQUE AT THE FRONT
SHOCK ABSORBER ATTACHMENTS.
•MEASURE DEFLECTIONS AND
CALCULATE TORSIONAL STIFFNESS.
•EQUAL/UNEQUAL LENGTH
WISHBONES
•MACPHERSONS STRUT/
SEMISTRUTS
WHAT IS MY CHOICE
• EQUAL ARM DOUBLE WISHBONE BOTH FRONT AND REAR.
•WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION.
DESIGN MOUNTINGS SUCH THAT SOME
EXTEND OF ADJUSTMENT IS POSSIBLE.
•SUSPENSION
•RIDE HT / SUSPENSION TRAVEL
•BODY ATTITUDE
•WHEEL LOADS/ SPRINGS
•DAMPERS
•STATIC SETTINGS OF WHEEL ALIGNMENT
GEOMETRY
•ROLL CENTRE HT FRONT AND REAR
•SWING ARM LENGTH
•HEIGHT OF STEERING RACK.
ROLL CENTRE HEIGHT
ESTIMATE IT ON DRAWING
MEASURE BY TEST.
CAN BE MODIFIED BY
CHANGING THE HT OF THE
STEERING RACK.
DESIGN FOR TOE OUT IN
FRONT AND TOE IN IN REAR.
SET AND TEST .THERE IS NO
THUMB RULE.
DESIGN OF SUSPENSION COMPONENTS
WISHBONES
KEEP CALCULATIONS SIMPLE.
DRAW FREE BODY DIAGRAMS FOR
LOADS ON WISHBONES.
DESIGN FOR STIFFNESS. STRENGTH
FOLLOWS.
CREATE CLEAN DRAWINGS
/SKETCHES FOR FABRICATION. KEEP
SHAPES SIMPLE.
CALCULATE STRESSES FOR SINGLE
EVENTS LIKE 5G IMPACTS AND KEEP
BELOW Y S
DESIGN OF SUSPENSION COMPONENTS
WISHBONES PIVOTS
My e-mail address
deshmukh.ravi @ mahindra.com