Stress Analysis in Wheel Rim by using Dynamic Cornering Fatigue Test Under Different Conditions

Mechanical Engineering

Abstract—The wheel rim being critical component in the vehicle has to meet strict requirements of driving safety. Also it should meet the styling appearance and required engineering functions. The wheel rim also must be withstand the various loading environments.To achieve better performance and quality, the wheel rim designer and producers use a number of tests (rotating bending test, radial fatigue test, and rim impact test) to insure it meets the standards.The wheel rim tests are time much expensive and consumes lot of time. Computer simulation and Finite Element analysis of these tests can reduce the time and cost required to perform a wheel rim design at significant level.In this paper we discussed the simulation and Finite Element Analysis of wheel rim using Dynamic Cornering Fatigue test and compared to the experimental results.

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