Springs and dampers

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Erunanethiel
Erunanethiel
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Joined: 26 Oct 2013, 10:17

Re: Springs and dampers

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PlatinumZealot wrote:
Erunanethiel wrote:
Jersey Tom wrote:Well, where would you like to start? The car reacting to roll is really analogous to going over a bump. You have some inertia or "rotational weight." You have an equivalent spring (the roll stiffness). And you have some roll damping.

So if you abruptly pitch a car into a corner, the load transfer can't happen instantly. The only things pushing down on the tires (other than their own weight) are the forces coming from the springs and dampers. Takes time to create the displacement in the springs and the velocity in the dampers.
So what happens is, when you turn left, the car rolls to the right, but the weight is not transferred to the right side tires yet, the dampers first react to it and then when dampers reacted to the velocity then springs have absorbed the impact, then it goes to the tires?? So the weight transfer of the body only goes to the tires only after the springs and dampers dealed with them, right?
It think he is saying the load has to come through the spring and dampers first before it is felt by the chassis. The resulting force that the chassis feels will be damped by the shocks and springs so it won't move instantly and directly with the source of the load.
Exactly!!! Thanks mate