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...