Determination of the Fatigue Behavior of a Wheel Rim Using Finite Element Analysis

• Authors: E. Esener , S. Ercan , M. Firat
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Automobile wheel rims are critical elements that work under fatigue loading. For this reason, it is very important to determine fatigue damage of the wheel rims. Today, finite element analysis is used to make accurate predictions. In this study, it is aimed to determine Chaboche damage model parameters for an aluminium alloy wheel rim. Msc Marc software is used for finite element analysis. First, Chaboche damage model parameters are obtained using simple Holloman equation for finite element analysis. Model parameters are validated by single element tests. Then, fatigue behaviour of an automobile wheel rim is analysed with verified Chaboche parameters. At last, critical areas under fatigue loading are identified on the wheel rim.

Keywords

EN

87.10.Kn; 81.70.Bt

Discipline

• 87.10.Kn: Finite element calculations
• 81.70.Bt: Mechanical testing, impact tests, static and dynamic loads(see also 62.20.M- Structural failure of materials; 46.50.+a Fracture mechanics, fatigue, and cracks)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 132
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 617-619

Dates

published

2017-09

Contributors

author

E. Esener

• Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Mechanical Engineering Department, Bilecik, Turkey

author

S. Ercan

• Sakarya University, Mechanical Engineering Department, Sakarya, Turkey

author

M. Firat

• Sakarya University, Mechanical Engineering Department, Sakarya, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.132.617