Front and rear suspension design for solar car

Suspension is a necessary system for solar cars because it protects the frame and other on-board components from large jolts encountered along highways. If the suspension is too soft, energy is wasted by absorbing the motion of a car as it travels over bumps. For increased efficiency, most solar car...

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Main Author: Mohd Dzohairy, Mohammad Mohsan
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling ump-15322015-03-03T07:51:39Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1532/ Front and rear suspension design for solar car Mohd Dzohairy, Mohammad Mohsan TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Suspension is a necessary system for solar cars because it protects the frame and other on-board components from large jolts encountered along highways. If the suspension is too soft, energy is wasted by absorbing the motion of a car as it travels over bumps. For increased efficiency, most solar cars use a suspension that is stiffer than normal. For this project, the solar car has two front wheels and one rear wheel. The front wheels provide turning, so the front suspension needs to let the wheels turn. The suspension also allows the wheels to move up and down as the car runs over bumps. The type of front suspension for this project is a double wishbone system. It has a pair of an A-frames, one above the other, mounted to the top and bottom of the wheel hub. A separate spring until then sits between either the hub itself or one of the wishbones and the body to control the wheel movement. Lastly, this car uses a trailing arm on rear suspension. This kind of suspension has only one link (arm) on each side which puts greater structural requirements on it. Strong bending forces in all directions (especially during cornering) must be withstood by this suspension and as well as breaking, camber and steer torques. Nevertheless trailing arm suspension has been used in many vehicles as a rear linkage, because it requires little space to be accommodated 2010-12 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1532/1/Mohd_Dzohairy_Mohammad_Mohsan_%28_CD_5070_%29.pdf Mohd Dzohairy, Mohammad Mohsan (2010) Front and rear suspension design for solar car. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:52181&theme=UMP2
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Mohd Dzohairy, Mohammad Mohsan
Front and rear suspension design for solar car
description Suspension is a necessary system for solar cars because it protects the frame and other on-board components from large jolts encountered along highways. If the suspension is too soft, energy is wasted by absorbing the motion of a car as it travels over bumps. For increased efficiency, most solar cars use a suspension that is stiffer than normal. For this project, the solar car has two front wheels and one rear wheel. The front wheels provide turning, so the front suspension needs to let the wheels turn. The suspension also allows the wheels to move up and down as the car runs over bumps. The type of front suspension for this project is a double wishbone system. It has a pair of an A-frames, one above the other, mounted to the top and bottom of the wheel hub. A separate spring until then sits between either the hub itself or one of the wishbones and the body to control the wheel movement. Lastly, this car uses a trailing arm on rear suspension. This kind of suspension has only one link (arm) on each side which puts greater structural requirements on it. Strong bending forces in all directions (especially during cornering) must be withstood by this suspension and as well as breaking, camber and steer torques. Nevertheless trailing arm suspension has been used in many vehicles as a rear linkage, because it requires little space to be accommodated
format Undergraduates Project Papers
author Mohd Dzohairy, Mohammad Mohsan
author_facet Mohd Dzohairy, Mohammad Mohsan
author_sort Mohd Dzohairy, Mohammad Mohsan
title Front and rear suspension design for solar car
title_short Front and rear suspension design for solar car
title_full Front and rear suspension design for solar car
title_fullStr Front and rear suspension design for solar car
title_full_unstemmed Front and rear suspension design for solar car
title_sort front and rear suspension design for solar car
publishDate 2010
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1532/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1532/1/Mohd_Dzohairy_Mohammad_Mohsan_%28_CD_5070_%29.pdf
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