Suspension fork FEA 3D model

Finite Element Analysis of a bike suspension fork crown. Forces acting on the fork dropouts/ front wheel mounting points. Constrained on frame section ends.

The colors on the fork crown, ranging from blue to green to yellow to red, shows the material Von Mises stress when load is acting on dropouts (like when you use front brake on your bike). Blue color = no material stress, red = high material stress. Thus, red color indicates where the part will break (yield) if loade too much .

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