You can also observe from the picture of the leaf spring that the thickness of the whole spring is maximum at the centre and is gradually decreases towards the ends.
Why laminated leaf springs are used in automobiles.
The diver initiates.
Then two pieces marked 2 are put together side by side to form another leaf and placed below the top leaf.
The central strip marked 1 is the master leaf which is placed at the top.
Leaf spring is a suspension system for vehicles that has been used as far back as medieval times.
Automotive multi leaf springs used in automotive vehicles normally consists of full length leaves and graduated length leaves.
The leaf at the top has a maximum length.
It consists of a series of flat plates usually of semi elliptical shape.
Leaf springs were simple in design and cheap to produce in comparison with the early springs and dampers therefore it was the go to setup once cars were being fully mass produced to ensure.
The specimen under this research work consists of nine leaves two eye pins.
Multi leaf spring is widely used for the suspension of trucks and railway wagons.
What an automobile leaf spring looks like.
In the similar manner other pairs of strips marked 3.
The flat plates are called leaves of the spring.
As shown in the picture the leaf spring or laminated leaf spring consists of a couple of full length leaf and a number of graduated leaves.
A laminated spring or a leaf spring being one of the overriding components of an automobile suspension system is nowadays considered to be a potential factor for reducing vehicle weight.
They were originally called carriage or laminated springs.
First of all in order to have an idea of working principle of a leaf spring let us think of a practical situation diving board in a swimming pool the diving board is a cantilever with a load the diver at its free end.
The longest leaf at the top is called a.
Its system has been tried and true primarily used on almost all vehicles up to the 1970 s and still today on trucks and vans that haul heavy loads.
Laminated leaf spring the lozenge shaped plate is cut into several longitudinal strips as indicated above.
