ABSTRACT

When people think of automobile performance, they normally think of horsepower,

torque and zero-to-60 acceleration. But all of the power generated by a piston engine is useless if
the driver can't control the car. That's why automobile engineers turned their attention to the
suspension system almost as soon as they had mastered the four-stroke internal combustion
engine.

Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that
connects a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose – contributing to the
car's roadholding/handling and braking for good active safety and driving pleasure, and keeping
vehicle occupants comfortable and reasonably well isolated from road noise, bumps, and
vibrations,etc. These goals are generally at odds, so the tuning of suspensions involves finding
the right compromise.

Most modern vehicles have independent front suspension (IFS). Many vehicles also have
an independent rear suspension (IRS). IRS, as the name implies, has the rear wheels
independently sprung. A fully independent suspension has an independent suspension on all
wheels. Some early independent systems used swing axles, but modern systems use Chapman or
MacPherson struts, trailing arms, multilink, or wishbones.
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1. INTRODUCTION 01

2. THE NEED FOR SUSPENSION 02

3. TYPES OF SUSPENSION 03

4. COMPARISON BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND

INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION SYSTEM 14

5. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES 16

6. FUTURE OF INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION 17

7. CONCLUSION 19

REFERENCES 20