Race Car Suspension Secrets: What K&C Testing Reveals | Morse Measurements

<p>What is your race car suspension really doing under load?In this EPARTRADE Race Industry Now technical webinar, Morse Measurements takes an in-depth look at Kinematics &amp; Compliance (K&amp;C) testing and how race teams can measure suspension behavior under real-world lateral, longitudinal, braking, steering and cornering loads.Bob Simons, President, and Sonja Atkins, K&amp;C Lab Manager at Morse Measurements, demonstrate how K&amp;C testing can reveal suspension characteristics that are difficult to isolate at the racetrack or with conventional pull-down testing.Topics include:• Steer and camber compliance under lateral load• Force-based roll center measurement• Roll stiffness and roll steer• Camber recovery• Anti-roll bar contribution• Tire stiffness and tire pressure effects• Suspension behavior under braking loads• Combined-load cornering simulations• Aerodynamic downforce simulation• Correlating physical measurements with vehicle dynamics models• Finding suspension behavior that doesn’t match the theoretical calculationsSee how controlled K&amp;C testing allows engineers to apply race-relevant forces to a complete vehicle, measure how the suspension actually responds, identify unexpected compliance or binding, and make more informed setup decisions before going to the track.Featuring:Bob Simons, President, Morse MeasurementsSonja Atkins, K&amp;C Lab Manager, Morse MeasurementsHosted by Brad Gillie from SiriusXM, Ch. 90, Late Shift.Presented by ARP, Inc., PEAK, Fifth Third Bank Motorsports, Ferrea Racing Components, CTech Manufacturing, &amp; Race-Fan.#RaceCarEngineering #Suspension #VehicleDynamics #MotorsportsEngineering #Kinematics #RaceEngineering #KandCTesting #EPARTRADE</p>