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Shock Absorber: Working of Air Suspension

Shock absorbers help dampen vibrations caused by road bumps by providing resistance to the motion of springs and wheels. They work more effectively when suspension springs have some flexibility rather than being too rigid. Shock absorbers improve ride comfort and vehicle control by reducing spring oscillations over bumpy roads. Air suspension systems use air springs instead of metal springs, allowing electronic control of ride height and damping.

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Shock Absorber: Working of Air Suspension

Shock absorbers help dampen vibrations caused by road bumps by providing resistance to the motion of springs and wheels. They work more effectively when suspension springs have some flexibility rather than being too rigid. Shock absorbers improve ride comfort and vehicle control by reducing spring oscillations over bumpy roads. Air suspension systems use air springs instead of metal springs, allowing electronic control of ride height and damping.

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Shock Absorber

Shock absorbers will not efficiently absorb road shocks if the suspension springs are highly rigid. They
will be continuously vibrated for a longer time if springs are sufficiently flexible.

To overcome this difficulty, a system having compromise between flexibility and stiffness should be
used.

Shock absorbers are used as a part of the suspension system. They provide more resistance to the
motion of the spring and road wheel in order to damp out vibrations

Working:

When the vehicle comes across a bump, the lower eye will move up. So, the fluid follows from lower
side of the valve VI to the upper side. Due to less volume of the space above valve VI than the volume of
the rod, the pressure is exerted on valve V2• the damping force is produced by this pressure of the
fluid.

The fluid will flow from the upper side of the valve VI to lower side when the lower eye moves down and
from lower side of the valve V2 to its upper side.

When a car absorbs shocks from the road surface, the suspension springs will compress and expand
because the spring has the characteristic of continuing to oscillate for a long time of oscillation to stop.
So, a riding comfort will be poor even the damp oscillation is supplied.

Shock absorbers provide better road-holding characteristics and improved steering stability to tyres.

The stronger is the damping force, the more will be the oscillations of the body. But, the shock from the
damping effect becomes greater than the strength of the stronger damping force. The damping force
varies with the speed of the piston.

Air Suspension System

Air springs are used in air suspension systems. The installation and configuration of air suspension
systems varies for different makes and models but the underlying principle remains the same. The metal
spring (coil or leaf) is removed, and an air bag, also referred to as an air spring, is inserted or fabricated
to fit in the place of the factory spring.

When air pressure is supplied to the air bag, the suspension can be adjusted either up or down

Air spring is nothing but a flexible bellows, usually made from textile-reinforced rubber, containing
compressed air which is used to carry load on vehicles. The air pressure inflates the bellows, and raises
the chassis from the axle. Air springs have elasticity or "springiness" when it is compressed

Working of Air Suspension


The 4 air springs which may be either the bellow type or  Piston type are mounted on the same position
where generally the coil springs are mounted.
An air compressor takes the atmospheric air through the filter and compresses to a pressure of 240
MPa, at which pressure the air  in the accumulator tank is maintained, which is also provided with a
safety relief valve.

This High pressure air  goes through the lift control valve and levelling  valves to the air springs.

The lift control valve is operated manually by means of a handle on the control panel through the cable
running from the wall to the handle.

Hydro Elastic Suspension

In this system a displacer unit is fitted at each of the four wheels. The displacer units are all
interconnected by means of a fluid.

In the displacer unit rubber is used as a spring (under compression and shear) whereas fluid under
pressure acts as a damping medium.

The stem is connected to the wheel through suitable linkage so that its movement is proportional to up
and down movement of the wheel.

A two way valve assembly controls the up and down flow of the fluid. The upper valve opens up when
the fluid pressure below rises sufficiently.

Similarly the lower valve allows the fluid to pass in the downward direction under pressure.

Two valves are assembled at right angles to each other.


When the piston moves up due to movement of the wheel, the diaphragm pushes  the fluid up through
the opening by pushing the damper valve.

The fluid under pressure above the valves then compress the rubber which act as a spring. the body roll
and the pitching  are controlled as  explained below.

An active suspension is a type of automotive suspension on a vehicle. It uses an on board system to


control the vertical movement of the vehicle's wheels relative to the chassis or vehicle body rather than
the passive suspension provided by large springs where the movement is determined entirely by the
road surface.

Semi-active suspension is a type of automotive suspension systems that controls the damping force of
the shock absorber in response to input from the continuously varying road surfaces. It is intended to
approximately implement the active suspension (to be described later) with a damping force adjustable
shock absorber

The passive suspension system limits the motion of the body and wheel by limiting their relative
velocities to a rate that gives the required ride comfort. This is achieved by using some type of damping
element placed between the body and the wheels of the vehicle, such as hydraulic shock absorber.

Hydraulically Actuated Active Suspension

Sensors continually monitor body movement and vehicle ride level, constantly supplying the computer
with new data.
As the computer receives and processes data, it operates the hydraulic servos, mounted beside each
wheel.

Almost instantly, the servo-regulated suspension generates counter forces to body lean, dive, and squat
during driving maneuvers.

In practice, the system has always incorporated the desirable self-levelling suspension and height
adjustable suspension features, with the latter now tied to vehicle speed for improved aerodynamic
performance, as the vehicle lowers itself at high speed

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