The Equivalent Elastic Mechanism: a Tool for the Analysis and the Design of Compliant Suspension Linkages

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Gerrard, M. B., author.

Conference Name:

SAE 2005 World Congress & Exhibition (2005-04-11 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2005

Summary:

A methodology is presented for the design of vehicle suspension systems that vastly reduces the iteration required to achieve a given elasto-kinematic performance target. At the heart of the technique is the concept of an Equivalent Elastic Mechanism (EEM); a simple and intuitive mechanism, which can always be configured to replicate perfectly the elasto-kinematic behaviour of any compliant linkage, irrespective of its complexity.The paper describes the concept of the EEM, its derivation and different methods for its visualisation. Furthermore, it shows how an "ideal" EEM can also be calculated from an elasto-kinematic specification and how this EEM can be used to select and configure an appropriate suspension architecture

Notes:

Vendor supplied data

Publisher Number:

2005-01-1719

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license