Suspension of Vehicle

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SolidWorks is a 3D mechanical Computer-Aided Design (CAD) program which was developed by SolidWorks Corporation. It is currently one of the most popular products in the 3D mechanical CAD market.

From the above project, the job-scope is mostly focused on the design and analysis of the shock absorber. Design as a process which takes many forms depending on the object being designed and the individual or individuals participating.

Our design underpins every form of creation from objects such as the spring and the piston, to the way they improve our lives. For this reason, it is useful to seek out some common properties that can be applied to the shock absorber design, whether this be for convenience, aesthetic or the improvement of one's own personal life.

We define our design process as the management of constraints. The first step in the design process is the identification, classification and selection of material constraints. The process of design then proceeds from here by manipulating design variables, such as the parts’ dimensions, factor of safety and design intent. It should be noted that the management of constraints may not include the whole of what is involved in whole shock absorber design, but it depends on the scope of our design.

Engineering is often viewed as a more rigorous form of design. Contrary views suggest that design is a component of engineering aside from production and other operations which utilise engineering. A neutral view may suggest that both design and engineering simply overlap, depending on the discipline of design.

Thus, for our shock absorber, we employed the Mechanical Engineering approach to design and analysis the consequence and outcome of our design. If the outcome does not match our specifications, the entire process is repeated, and the shock absorber is redesigned. Something that is redesigned requires a different process and approach, compared to the first design. A redesign often...