Quarter-Car Suspension Model with Double Spring

play

time

0

mass

m

1

400

m

2

30

stiffness

k

1

20000

k

2

80000

damping

c

1

2000

c

2

0

input

type

single bump

sinusoidal

height

0.15

duration

1.

frequency

1.

The quarter-car suspension model simulates a double-spring mass system. The mass attached to the spring represents the body of the car while the free mass represents the wheel, tire, and suspension.

The effect of an input from a single road hump or from a continuous sinusoidal input are simulated with graphical and animated representation of the system response. You can control the masses, stiffness, and damping for each spring and the input data.