What kind of a maths question is this??

"The suspension system of an automobile needs to damp out bumps in the road. Design a system using a mass, a spring and a dashpot that will damp out corrugations whose depth and width varies from from 1cm (gravel) to 20cm rocks."

Anyone has any ideas?

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What kind of a maths question is this??

"The suspension system of an automobile needs to damp out bumps in the road. Design a system using a mass, a spring and a dashpot that will damp out corrugations whose depth and width varies from from 1cm (gravel) to 20cm rocks."

Anyone has any ideas?

clarence · Answer

Maybe it has something to do with second order differential equations?

clarence · Answer

Or non-homogeneous linear equations even... I have no idea :/

raffle_snaffle · Answer

differential equations