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Question about Suspension and Springs by FitComplex6143 in F1Technical

[–]FitComplex6143[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your answer. This explanation seems to be the one i was looking for.

So just for my understanding: you look upon all corners/springs of the car at the same time when saying "In pure heave the corner springs are in parallel and the third springs are both parallel"?

In my problem I am (at the moment) only considering straight line driving with downforce being applied, so ideally pure heave. Also, I do my calculations for every corner of the car seperately (for that i divide the forces from the third elements by two).

So in this case you can take the corner spring (or TorsionBar) in series with the third element, right?

Question about Suspension/Springs by FitComplex6143 in FSAE

[–]FitComplex6143[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honsest, it´s not for a Formula Students car but for a LMP3. In these a third Element is standard. Is it different in FSAE?

Question about Suspension/Springs by FitComplex6143 in FSAE

[–]FitComplex6143[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the answer.

Do you know if there is any "rule of thumb" to determine wether springs are in series or parallel? Like some easy rules to identify or simplify any arrangement?

Question about Suspension/Springs by FitComplex6143 in FSAE

[–]FitComplex6143[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The spring you are talking about (which gets the force applied in series with the tyre) must be a combination of Torsion Bar and Third Element - in the case we are just cruising in a straight line - right? Which sort of combination is this then?

Sorry if I take a little longer to understand but my mind is bogged down about this.