Overview The primary function of heavy duty trailer suspensions is to link the trailer to its wheels. This provides a compliant connection which protects the trailer cargo from the shock and vibration inputs developed at the road surface. In addition, the suspension must meet the customers’ expectations for usable life, and do so while being …
Subsea drilling is conducted through a string of steel pipe called a rigid riser that runs from the oil rig to the blowout preventer (BOP). The primary purpose of the BOP is to cut off the flow of oil in the event of an emergency during drilling. As the oil rig moves with waves and …
Car doors are immensely complex systems that serve an immensely important function – safety. The child latch is an additional safety measure, one of many functions a side door latch performs. The child safety lock temporarily disables the operation of the inside door handle. When it is engaged, the rear doors can only be opened …
Race car engineering is a notoriously competitive environment in which the minutest aspects of design and the smallest adjustments can separate the winners from the losers. To stay on top of the game, Polestar Racing uses Adams to evaluate different vehicle designs in critical areas of the track such as corners. Adams/Car allows Polestar to …
The Saab Skeldar V200 is a unique and exciting entrant in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market, which is dominated by fixed wing aircraft. As a rotary wing aircraft, the Skeldar does not need runways to take-off or land from and can hover in one position. Skeldar is designed for land- and sea-based patrol, light …
In a wide range of industrial and defense applications, material are required to perform at extreme operating conditions involving large plastic deformation, high strain rates, elevated temperatures and severe dynamic pressure. Some examples of this application are perforating guns in the oil and gas industry, debris impact in aerospace engineering and ship collisions in naval engineering. …
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