How Does Suspension Work?
In short: A short film on how a car's suspension uses springs, oil-filled dampers and linkage geometry to keep the tyres on an imperfect road, and how semi-active and active systems change that balance.
A 1:58 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Universal Technical Institute (UTI), “What Is Suspension in a Car? | UTI”; Springer Nature (Springer, Cham), chapter by David C. Barton and John D. Fieldhouse, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, in Automotive Chassis Engineering (2024), “Suspension Systems and Components”; Taylor & Francis (Vehicle System Dynamics journal), “Quantification of energy losses in suspension dampers and its effects on rolling resistance”; Springer Nature (Springer, Singapore), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering: proceedings of ICE-SEAM 2024, paper by Hidayat, Dharma, Istanto and Santoso, Universitas Sebelas Maret and Politeknik T…, “Parametric Characterization of a Quarter Car Model of Vehicle Passive Suspension System in the Frequency Domain”; Academia.edu, hosting a conference paper by Yousif Badri in the proceedings of COMPDYN 2021 (8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, N…, “Numerical Study on the Damping Characteristics of a Shock Absorber Valve Utilizing Different Velocities Through CFD Analysis”; TJPRC (Transstellar Journal Publications and Research Consultancy), paper hosted on Academia.edu, “DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF DOUBLE WISHBONE (SLA) SUSPENSION GEOMETRY”; Springer Nature (Proceedings of China SAE Congress 2019; authors from Geely Research Institute, Ningbo, China), “Instant Centre Impact Loads Transfer on Double Wishbone Suspension While Car Traveling Straight”; Springer, Cham (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 603, 'Vehicle Dynamics', ed. Basilio Lenzo; chapter by Gene Lukianov, VRAD Engineering LLC), “Vehicle Steering and Suspension Kinematics/Compliance and Their Relationship to Vehicle Performance©”; Springer Nature (Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies), “Dynamic Analysis of Bingham and Polynomial Models Using Magnetorheological Damper in a Half-Car Semi-Active Suspension System - Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies”; Springer Nature (Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies), “Performance Analysis and Energy Consumption of Semi-Active and Active Suspension Systems - Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies”.
Sources used in this film
- Universal Technical Institute (UTI) — What Is Suspension in a Car? | UTI · View →
- Springer Nature (Springer, Cham), chapter by David C. Barton and John D. Fieldhouse, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, in Automotive Chassis Engineering (2024) — Suspension Systems and Components · View →
- Taylor & Francis (Vehicle System Dynamics journal) — Quantification of energy losses in suspension dampers and its effects on rolling resistance · View →
- Springer Nature (Springer, Singapore), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering: proceedings of ICE-SEAM 2024, paper by Hidayat, Dharma, Istanto and Santoso, Universitas Sebelas Maret and Politeknik T… — Parametric Characterization of a Quarter Car Model of Vehicle Passive Suspension System in the Frequency Domain · View →
- Academia.edu, hosting a conference paper by Yousif Badri in the proceedings of COMPDYN 2021 (8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, N… — Numerical Study on the Damping Characteristics of a Shock Absorber Valve Utilizing Different Velocities Through CFD Analysis · View →
- TJPRC (Transstellar Journal Publications and Research Consultancy), paper hosted on Academia.edu — DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF DOUBLE WISHBONE (SLA) SUSPENSION GEOMETRY · View →
- Springer Nature (Proceedings of China SAE Congress 2019; authors from Geely Research Institute, Ningbo, China) — Instant Centre Impact Loads Transfer on Double Wishbone Suspension While Car Traveling Straight · View →
- Springer, Cham (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 603, 'Vehicle Dynamics', ed. Basilio Lenzo; chapter by Gene Lukianov, VRAD Engineering LLC) — Vehicle Steering and Suspension Kinematics/Compliance and Their Relationship to Vehicle Performance© · View →
- Springer Nature (Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies) — Dynamic Analysis of Bingham and Polynomial Models Using Magnetorheological Damper in a Half-Car Semi-Active Suspension System - Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies · View →
- Springer Nature (Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies) — Performance Analysis and Energy Consumption of Semi-Active and Active Suspension Systems - Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Universal Technical Institute (UTI): What Is Suspension in a Car? | UTI
- Also: Springer Nature (Springer, Cham), chapter by David C. Barton and John D. Fieldhouse, School of Mechanical Engineering, U: Suspension Systems and Components
- Also: Taylor & Francis (Vehicle System Dynamics journal): Quantification of energy losses in suspension dampers and its effects on rolling resistance
- Also: Springer Nature (Springer, Singapore), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering: proceedings of ICE-SEAM 2024, paper by H: Parametric Characterization of a Quarter Car Model of Vehicle Passive Suspension System in the Frequency Domain
- Also: Academia.edu, hosting a conference paper by Yousif Badri in the proceedings of COMPDYN 2021 (8th International Conferenc: Numerical Study on the Damping Characteristics of a Shock Absorber Valve Utilizing Different Velocities Through CFD Analysis
- Also: TJPRC (Transstellar Journal Publications and Research Consultancy), paper hosted on Academia.edu: DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF DOUBLE WISHBONE (SLA) SUSPENSION GEOMETRY
- Also: Springer Nature (Proceedings of China SAE Congress 2019; authors from Geely Research Institute, Ningbo, China): Instant Centre Impact Loads Transfer on Double Wishbone Suspension While Car Traveling Straight
- Also: Springer, Cham (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 603, 'Vehicle Dynamics', ed. Basilio Lenzo; chapt: Vehicle Steering and Suspension Kinematics/Compliance and Their Relationship to Vehicle Performance©
- Also: Springer Nature (Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies): Dynamic Analysis of Bingham and Polynomial Models Using Magnetorheological Damper in a Half-Car Semi-Active Suspension System - Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies
- Also: Springer Nature (Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies): Performance Analysis and Energy Consumption of Semi-Active and Active Suspension Systems - Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies
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