Axle Properties

The Axle component is required to define the options in the Axle Properties section:

Axle Type: Defines the type of axle orientation.

Front Inactive length: Defines the estimated inactive length on the front half of the spring

Rear Inactive length: Defines the estimated inactive length of the rear half of the spring.

Leaf Pack Thickness: Defines the pack thickness at the centre of the leaf spring. Now it is redundant and user does not have to enter it anymore.

Load on Leaf pack: Provides the force that has to be applied to the leaf system for pre design-loading

Leaf Reference Location: Specify the bolt centre location of the top or bottom leaf in the leaf pack depending upon the axle type of the system. If the system is ‘Underslung’, then it will be bolt center location of the top most leaf and if the system is ‘Overslung’, then it will be bolt center location of the bottom most leaf. This option is an optional one but it is advisable to mention it for accurate referencing of the leaf spring system. An example of how a Leaf Reference Marker block is represented in a TiemOrbit file format is shown below:

Axle Details for Leaf Property File (*lpf)

In the Axle Details block of Leaf Property file, the attribute, type, and valid value that has to be entered in TiemOrbit file format is detailed in the following table. This table also provides the information about whether an attribute is required.

An example of how an Axle Details block is represented in a TiemOrbit file format is shown below: