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Suspension Analysis Tutorial

 
What You Will Create and Analyze
Setting Up the Suspension and Steering Subsystems
Creating a New Front Suspension Subsystem
Creating a Suspension Assembly
Performing a Baseline Parallel Wheel Travel Analysis
Defining Vehicle Parameters
Performing the Analysis
Animating the Results
Plotting the Results
Deleting Plots
Performing a Baseline Pull Analysis
Defining a Loadcase File
Performing the Analysis
Animating the Results
Plotting the Results
Saving the Plot Configuration
Modifying the Suspension and Steering Subsystem
Modifying Hardpoint Locations
Saving the Modified Subsystem
Performing an Analysis on the Modified Assembly
Comparing the Analysis Results
Finishing Up
Deleting Simulations
Closing Assemblies
This tutorial teaches you how to modify and analyze a double-wishbone suspension.
This chapter includes the following sections:
■What You Will Create and Analyze
■Setting Up the Suspension and Steering Subsystems
■Performing a Baseline Parallel Wheel Travel Analysis
■Performing a Baseline Pull Analysis
■Modifying the Suspension and Steering Subsystem
■Performing an Analysis on the Modified Assembly
■Comparing the Analysis Results
■Finishing Up
This tutorial takes about one hour to complete.