Assignment 3b: Figure 1 shows a proposed design of car suspension fastened to the arm on...
In the rear wheel suspension of the Volkswagen Beetle, the
spring motion is provided by a torsion bar fastened to an arm on
which the wheel is mounted. See Figure below. According to the
Figure, the torque in the torsion bar is created by the force Fz
acting on the wheel from the ground through a lever arm.
1) Determine the safety factors for the torsion bar based on
both the distortion energy theory (DET) and the maximum shear
stress...