Leaf springs, their characteristics and methods of specification; a hand-book of useful information relating to automobile leaf springs, their manufacture, methods of specification, details and characteristics (1912)
Landau, David, ed, Sheldon axel Company · Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sheldon axle company, Spring engineering department · leaf 68
lelogram of forces Low Cam- tne loac* W can be resolved int° a force A, actingber Gives along the spring, and a force P, acting perpendicularBetter to it. The force A acts upon the spring in much the Riding same manner as a weight rests upon a column. Theforce P acts upon the spring in much the… … road, thus suddenly increasing W. A and P would of courseincrease in proportion. A, acting along the spring, would betransmitted directly from wheels to chassis as an impact orblow. P, on the other hand, although also increased, would onlytend to bend the spring. The increase in P would be storedup…
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