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Modelling and assembly of the full vehicle 341<br />

Traditional leaf spring<br />

Simple equivalent spring model<br />

SAE 3-link model<br />

Bush<br />

Link<br />

Link<br />

Link<br />

Lumped mass/beam elements<br />

Bush<br />

Masses<br />

Beams<br />

Fig. 6.15<br />

Leaf spring modelling strategies<br />

The next approach is based on modelling the leaf spring as three bodies<br />

(SAE 3-link model) interconnected by bushes or revolute joints with an<br />

associated torsional stiffness that provides equivalent force–displacement<br />

characteristics as found in the actual leaf spring. The last approach shown in<br />

Figure 6.15 uses a detailed ‘as is’ approach representing each of the leaves<br />

as a series of distributed lumped masses interconnected by beam elements<br />

with the correct sectional properties for the leaf. This type of model is also

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