Hello Everyone
I am currently learning vehicle dynamics and in this regard I started doing calculations for geometry analysis of an open wheeler with Push rod mechanism and a mono shock arrangement with belleville stacks.
The method I used to determine the movable points in the mechanism (during wheel travel ) was three point analysis (Ref : The Multibody systems approach to Vehicle dynamics,Damian Harty & Mike Blundell)
You can find the attached sketches that I made prior to the calculation.
Pitch.jpgRoll.jpg
I would like to know if this calculation sequence is correct ?
Representative input : Damper length shortened by 50 mm i.e, JI is shortened to JI'
Motion : Pitch
As we need three known points to commence the calculation, here we shall take points J,Q and P to determine the new position I'
Once the point I' is determined then the remaining sequence is as follows
Using I',Q,P new position of point M i.e, M' can be determined
then
A,C,M' -----> N'
A,C,N' -----> B'
F,D,B' -----> E'
E',B',H -----> G'
E',B',G' -----> K'
I welcome all comments and suggestions
Thank you
Koushik