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Stiffness Calculation Air Spring

The document discusses simulating an air spring connected to a device using Simulink. It provides a nonlinear formula for calculating the spring stiffness k(h) based on air pressure P0, equilibrium spring height h0, effective area Ae, and polytropic coefficient n. When the person tested the formula on an air spring from a supplier, they got a stiffness value that was 40% less than the supplier's value. They provide an example calculation where they got a stiffness of 11200 N/m instead of the supplier's 18500 N/m for a 3 bar pressure and 0.15 m equilibrium height.

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Stiffness Calculation Air Spring

The document discusses simulating an air spring connected to a device using Simulink. It provides a nonlinear formula for calculating the spring stiffness k(h) based on air pressure P0, equilibrium spring height h0, effective area Ae, and polytropic coefficient n. When the person tested the formula on an air spring from a supplier, they got a stiffness value that was 40% less than the supplier's value. They provide an example calculation where they got a stiffness of 11200 N/m instead of the supplier's 18500 N/m for a 3 bar pressure and 0.15 m equilibrium height.

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I must simulate with simulink an air spring, connected to a device.

In many book is present this non


linear formula:

k(h)=-(n*P0*Ae*h0^n)/(h^(n+1))

Where:
P0 is the air pressure at the equilibrium condition
h0 is the spring heigth at the equilibrion condition
Ae=F/P0 is the effective area
n is the polytropic coefficient

So for checking the formula, I try to compare my result with the stiffness provided by the supplier and
unfortunately I get a different value (40% less) .

In this link you can find an air spring catalogue:
http://213.164.133.30/catalog/ShowBa...SZ%2050-11.pdf

For example, at 3bar=3*10^5 Pa I got an force of 1200N, h0=0.15m

K(h0)=1.4*1200/0.15=11200N/m, instead of 18500N/m.

Source http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=520833

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