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DESIGN ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMAbstract
purpose of this project is to design and stimulation analysis of the vehicle suspension system by controlling the load inputs, spring stiffness, effectiveness and the damper rate. And this performance will be compared with passive suspension system. The main parameters that are focused in this project are sprung mass, stiffness of the spring. The suspension system is a mechanical device which is designed for a vehicle to smooth out or damp the shock impulse, and dissipate the kinetic energy. The purpose of the suspension system in vehicle is to absorb or dissipate the energy. Generally, in a vehicle, it reduces the effect of travelling over rough ground, leading to improved ride quality, and increase in comfort due to substantially reduce the amplitude of disturbances. The stages in the design of a suspension system are selecting the appropriate vehicle level targets, choosing the location of hard points, analysing the loads in the suspension, designing the spring rates, designing the characteristics of the suspension system, analysing the vehicle dynamics of the resulting design. The software’s used for the designing are CATIA, ANSYS. The analysis is done by providing different loads and then calculate the deflection in suspension and the change in the characteristics of the suspension on application of loads. And required stimulation analysis is done to the suspension system by using ADAMS software. The stimulation analysis is done to achieve significant improvements in the ride quality and road handling. The analysis and the stimulation process are done by taking AISI 4130 material.
KEYWORDS : Suspension system, catia, ansys, adams, AISI 4130