In analysis, it is common practice to conceptualize structures, objects, and isolation systems as basic mass-spring-damper models, as depicted in Figure 42.1. All objects experience vibration when ...

Analogue Computing hits the road as editor Andy Turudic uses THe Analog Thing Analog Laptop Computer to simulate an automobile suspension encountering a pothole. Some of you may have already ...

The mass is just sitting there motionless. There is no acceleration and it is in equilibrium. What does this mean? This means that the net force in the y-direction (vertical direction) must be zero. I ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 113, Section 2: JOURNAL OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES (2004), pp. 317-324 (8 pages) This paper uses the Bekker model for land locomotion analysis to compare ground vehicle vehicles ...