Subject: Automobile Engineering

Topic: Suspension, Wheels & Tires

Difficulty: Medium

All the parts which perform the function of isolating the Automobile from the road shocks are collectively called a suspension system.
Requirements of an automobile suspension system:
i) In order to provide comfortable ride to the passengers & avoid additional stresses in the vehicle frame.
ii) The vehicle should neither bounce nor roll away passengers when cornering pitch when accelerating, braking or sudden lifting or dropping of the front wheel with respect to rear wheels. Although some of road irregularities & inequalities are absorbed by large tyres.
iii) It is necessary to provide a suspension system reducing the shocks to passengers & for comfortable ride also reduce additional stresses in the automobile frame & body.
iv) Suspension system acts as a safeguard for the occupants against road shocks & provide comfort ride.
v)Suspension system keep the body perfectly in level while travelling over the uneven road.