Design and analysis of helical coil spring forms for independent suspensions of automobiles

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2015

Öğrenci: GÖKHAN YAZAR

Danışman: YAVUZ SAMİM ÜNLÜSOY

Özet:

Suspension system is one of the major and indispensable subsystems for land vehicles and has functions of providing better road holding, handling, and ride comfort. There are many suspension system types used for automobiles, and MacPherson strut suspension is one of the most widely used suspension system type due to its favorable features like simplicity, low cost, and high performance. However, there exists a drawback of this suspension type; since the coil springs have no ability to absorb lateral forces, undesired dry friction effects on the damper may degrade the ride comfort. As remedy to this drawback, the most popular and contemporary application is the use of coil spring forms which are called side load springs. In this study, a procedure for the design of a class of side load springs to be used in MacPherson strut type suspension to reduce the side loads on the damper is developed. The procedure starts with the analysis of the suspension system to estimate the side force required. The next step is the determination of the side load spring form to provide the required side force. Then a finite element model of the spring is prepared and the side force provided by the designed spring is obtained. A graphical user interface is developed to consider various design alternatives by varying design parameters.