Leaf springs trucks

Slides Springs of various types multi-leaf springs on trucks, automobiles, steam locomotives, etc. light pressure vessels - e.g. aeroplane fuselages cheap pressure vessels - e.g. water tanks, nuclear reactor vessels metal rolling stand. 

Composites are being employed in a number of automotive applications. These include racing car bodies as well as regular automobiles. Most automobiles have the lower exterior panels composed of rubbery, plastic blends, and/or composite materials. Corvettes have composite bodies that allow a lightweight vehicle with decent fuel economy and they do not rust. Other parts such as drive shafts and leaf springs in private cars and heavy trucks, antennas, and bumpers are being made from composite materials. 

Daugherty, R.L. (1981). Composite leaf springs in heavy truck applications. Proceedings of International conference of composites material, ISBN 493113601X, Tokyo... 

Consider, as an example, the design of a pair of longitudinal rear leaf springs for a light truck suspension. The geometry of the middle surface of the springs is given as ... 

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