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Engineering & Machines

Vehicles & Drivetrains

• Suspension: Springs, Dampers, and Tire ContactA suspension must let the wheels follow an uneven road without making the body follow every disturbance. It must also locate the wheels well enough to transmit steering, driving, and braking forces. These goals compete: an indefinitely soft car would run out of suspension travel; an indefinitely rigid one would transmit road disturbances almost directly.