3. Single leaf spring
Many road and rail vehicles, especially the heaviest ones, are suspended on leaf springs mounted on two supports.
3.1 Single blade
A blade loaded on two supports can be considered as the juxtaposition of two flexible arms joined together (figure 6 ). An arm of length supports a load P 1 equal to the reaction of one of the supports, and an arm of length
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