Axle
Axle Properties
- Type
- Defines the type of axle orientation.
- UnderSlung:
- OverSlung:
- 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 center of the leaf spring. This is now redundant and you do not have to enter it anymore.
- Load on Leaf Pack
- Provides the force that has to be applied to the leaf system for design-loading.
- Leaf Reference Location
- Specify the bolt center 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 a bolt center location of the top most leaf.
- If the system is ‘Overslung’, then it will be a bolt center location of the bottom most leaf.
Axle Details for Leaf Property File (*lpf)
In the Axle Details block of Leaf Property file, the attribute, type, and valid value to be entered in TiemOrbit file format are displayed. This table also provides information about the mandatory requirements for attributes.$-------------------------------------AXLE_DETAILS
[AXLE_DETAILS]
AXLETYPE = ‘OVERSLUNG’
FRONTINACTIVELENGTH = 60
REARINACTIVELENGTH = 60
LEAFPACKTHICKNESS = 30
LOAD = 0
- Block Name = ‘AXLE_DETAILS’ (Required)
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Attributes Type Valid Value Required axleType String ‘UNDERSLUNG’, ‘OVERSLUNG’
Yes frontInactiveLength Real - Yes rearInactiveLength Real - Yes leafRotAngle Real Angle of the leaf with x-axis that is +ve in counter clockwise direction and vice versa. Yes leafPackThickness Real - Optional Load Real - Optional