Yellow and red paint spots on tire sidewalls 6 - Eng-Tips
Feb 5, 2004 · The red dot is the high point, recommended to be mounted at the low point of the rim if so marked or, preferably, per actual measurement. Per a product engineer at Falken Tire, these marks are just "starting" points for the tire installer to effectively mount your tires. With some of the new balancing equipment out there, the machine ...
Benefits of body roll for street performance cars? 3 - Eng-Tips
May 17, 2024 · 4). these subtle roll steer & camber effects alter the total vehicle under/oversteer, hence gains & response times. So, if your 'sporty' feeling car has low roll per g, then the couplings can be quite large in order to achieve the desired responses (usually linear …
Weight Distribution on Four Wheels 4 - Eng-Tips
Mar 10, 2005 · Here is the example I did in the past - even with this one I can not work it in reverse to calculate the weights on each wheel. Machine weight = 42100. Left Front Tire (LF)= 6980. Right Front Tire (RF)= 14900. Left Rear Tire (LR)= 12620. Right Rear Tire (RR)= 7600.
Tire Contact Area - Structural engineering general discussion
Apr 7, 2021 · Aerospace. May 23, 2013. 10,640. US. Tire contact patch should be the tire load divided by the tire pressure. Apparently typical truck tires are roughly 100 psi on roughly maximum 4000 pounds of load, so 40 square inches. sqrt (.004*4000 = 16) = 4. sqrt (.025*4000 = 100) = 10 and voila = 40 square inches. 0.
T-BAR VS. U-BAR ARBs - Automotive suspension engineering
Sep 27, 2009 · It is twisted when the car rolls. It is free to move fore-aft with the vertical motion of the suspension. There is another tee on the other end of it that is hidden in the monocoque that is has ball bearings on the ends. The "T" (or the horizontal "H" to be exact) can rock freely, but it takes an effort to twist it.
Meaning of "Redline" - Eng-Tips
Apr 26, 2001 · Redlining as far as I know has at least 2 meanings. In terms of equipment the redilining is taking it to the max. Driving it to its maximum permissable tolerance. Simular to driving a car with the revs bordering on the red zone. As for print, redlining is just that. Highlighting areas for review/correction or deleting by underlining them in red.
Ratio of wheelbase to track width. - Eng-Tips
Mechanical. Jun 4, 2014. 10. IN. How to decide the ratio of wheelbase to track wWidth? Like what should be the track width for a particular wheelbase (say 54" wheelbase), or what should be the wheelbase for a particular track width? Considering the fact that the vehicle is a Baja ATV (max. allowed wheelbase: 108", max. allowed track width: 64".)
Can you change the rotation center? - Eng-Tips
Dec 31, 2003 · yes under the view orient icon..least with r2001.. the square box with 2 arrows..pops up the Orientation menu. there then; type>preferences.. that will give you 5 options for spin center. model center,screen center,point/vertex, edge or axis, and co-ord sys. 0.
Traffic (live load) surcharges on retaining walls 3 - Eng-Tips
Mar 24, 2006 · 4,081. US. 250 psf is the minimum AASHTO surcharge. It should cover most vehicle loads provided they are not immediately up against the back face of the wall. Check AASHTO for different amounts of surcharge for different height walls. The surcharge can be 2 feet or more of earth surcharge, but 250 pdf minimum.
Life safety vs standby transfer swtiches. 2 - Eng-Tips
Jan 29, 2001 · Elevators are used for fire fighter service in high rise buildings, thus the requirement for them to be on life safety. The International Mechanical code requires smoke evac and stair pressurization to be treated as as life safety system and also requires emergency feeders to be separated (2hr fire rating) from normal feeders in some cases.