The front is from a downhill fork (from a bicycle) that's why it so small :) And yes usually they are probably much closer than that.
I thought the damping only was used to dampen the return movement once the spring was first compressed, anyway i got no data of the damping constant and i found...
My task is to analyze a frame's strength of a specific motorcross using different loads, and to do this i decided to focus on vertical fall from various heights, since this will probably give the largest forces on the bike. The one can also experiment with different types of landings, i.e...
You're right Andrew, i will delete this thread and repost a new (better) one If i find the time, i think by just writing this thread i made stuff clear in my own head (and things unclear in yours).
Hey,
I am interesting in analyzing a bicycle's frame statically from a vertical fall of x metres, this after using the energy principle i get that the force F = mv^2/r, where v = sqrt(2*g*h), r is the deformation of the bicycle at its contact point and m is total mass from the cycle and cyclist...