Three Spring Assembly

Car Shock Absorber

Analyse the behaviour of the

tube of a F1 Car under a load of
50KN, e.g. determine
displacements and forces on the
structure.

k1=100 KN/m k2=200 KN/m k3=300 KN/m

1 3 4 2 x

1 2 50 KN 3
 100 100
k = 10
(1) 3

100 100
200 200
k = 10
(2) 3

200 200
300 300
k = 10
(3) 3

300 300
 100 0 100 0
0 300 0 300
K = 10 3
100 0 100 + 200 200

0 300 200 +200 + 300
 100 0 100 0 d 1 x F 1 x
0 300 0 300 d F
3 2x 2x
10 =
100 0 300 200 d 3 x F 3 x

0 300 200 500 d 4 x F 4 x
d 1x = d 2 x = 0
0 0 00 d 1 x F 1 x
0 0 0 0 d 2 x F 2 x
10 3 =
0 0 300 200 d 3 x F 3 x
0
0 200 500 d 4 x F 4 x

3 300 200 d 3 x 0
10 =
200 500 d 4 x 50000
d 3 x 0.0909m
d 4 x 0.1364m
100 0 100 0 0 F 1 x
0 300 0 300 0 F
3 2x
10 d =
100 0 300 200 3 x F 3 x

0 300 200 500 d 4 x F 4 x
F 1x -9090.9
F -40909
2x
=
F 3 x 0
F 4 x 50000
 Element 1
f
3
100 100 0
1x
10 d =
100 100 x 3 f 3 x

f
1 x 9090.9
= 9099 9

f 3 x .
1 9090.9 N
9090.9 N 1 3
x
 Element 2
f
3
200 200 d x 3 3 x
10 =
200 200 d x 4 f 4 x

f
3 x 9090.9
= 9090.9

f 4 x
2
3 4 9090.9 N
9090.9 N
x
 Element 3
f
3
300 300 d x 4 4 x
10 =
300 300 0 f 2 x

f
4 x 40909
=

f 2 x 40909
3 40909 N
40909 N 4 2
x
 Home work

o Redo the exercise and change the node

numbering
o Analyse (carefully) the inversion of the matrix
with the two different numbering system