Redesign of a suspension for a FSAE car
Rivera Rivera, Pau Henoc · 2008
Formula Student is an international inter-universities competition about designing and building a single-seater racing car. One of the most important parts in a car is the suspension system, from the tires to the shock absorbers. This Master Thesis’ report goes through all these parts, looking to theory, different design options, the constraints (rules, economical, packaging, etc) and the final decisions and designs. All motivated within the suspension area in LURacing Team, for designing and building the LUR3, the third Formula Student car of LTH-Lund University. The initial idea was to design a completely new suspension for the new 2009 car, but for timing and economical reasons it has been only a redesign of the existing suspension system. But as it will be shown, new rules and frame will affect considerably the design and most of the parts may be redesigned.