Design and Analysis of Automotive Wheel Rim by using ANSYS and MSC Fatigue Software

Karuppusamy, S.; Karthikeyan, G.; Dinesh, S.; Rajkumar, T.; Vijayan, V.; Basha, J. Kalil

doi:10.5958/2249-7315.2016.01007.8

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“…The wheel is a part that allows efficient movement of an object across a surface when a force presses the object to the surface (Karuppusamy et al , 2016; Mishra and Singh, 2019). A wheel rim is the outer circular design on which the inside edge of the tire is mounted on the vehicle (Venkateswararao and Dharmaraju, 2014).…”

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Structural and fatigue analysis of car wheel rims with carbon fibre composites

Poodipeddi¹,

Singampalli²,

Rayala³

et al. 2023

WJE

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to follow up on the structural and fatigue analysis of car wheel rims with carbon fibre composites in order to ensure the vehicular safety. The wheel is an essential element of the vehicle suspension system that supports the static and dynamic loads encountered during its motion. The rim provides a firm base to hold the tire and supports the wheel, and it is also one of the load-bearing elements in the entire automobile as the car's weight and occupants' weight act upon it. The wheel rim should be strong enough to withstand the load with such a background, ensuring vehicle safety, comfort and performance. The dimensions, shape, structure and material of the rim are crucial factors for studying vehicle handling characteristics that demand automobile designers' concern. Design/methodology/approach In the present study, solid models of three different wheel rims, namely, R-1, R-2 and R-3, designed for three different cars, are modelled in SOLIDWORKS. Different carbon composite materials of polyetheretherketone (PEEK), namely, PEEK 90 HMF 40, PEEK 450 CA 30, PEEK 450 GL 40 and carbon fibre reinforced polymer-unidirectional (CFRP-UD) are used as rim materials for conducting the structural and fatigue analysis using ANSYS Workbench. Findings The results thus obtained in the analyses are used to identify the better carbon fibre composite material for the wheel rim such that it gives better structural properties and less fatigue. The R-3 model rim has shown better structural properties and less fatigue with PEEK 90 HMF 40 material. Originality/value The carbon composite materials used in this study have shown promissory results that can be used as an alternative for aluminium, steel and other regular materials.

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Structural and fatigue analysis of car wheel rims with carbon fibre composites

Poodipeddi¹,

Singampalli²,

Rayala³

et al. 2023

WJE

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“…They finally found that the shape of the car body influence the performance of AC system [10]. In some research the author found that the car body material also influences the performance of the AC system [11].…”

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Investigation of air conditioning temperature variation by modifying the structure of passenger car using computational fluid dynamics

Krishnaswamy¹,

Muthukrishnan²,

Sathish³

et al. 2020

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Air conditioning system is used for various application, in passenger car it gives comfort to the passenger. Now a days huge advancement have been included in the air conditioning system, especially automatic air conditioning system plays a vital role in passenger car. These air conditioning systems are performing well and have the capability of maintaining the temperature for long time with energy consumption. However, in some vehicle the performance of these air conditioning system is not achieved, while some vehicle achieved better performance. In later study it is found that, the structure of vehicle body also influence the performance of air conditioning system. In some structure the air conditioning air-flow a long distance in short time and have the capability to enhance the air conditioning performance. It is also found that the air conditioning performance can be improved by the structure of vehicle body. In this paper, we considered an Indian small budget car. The structure of the car is slightly modified and replaced the position of the air conditioning outlet. Then the residual temperature inside the car is analyzed with and without air conditioning. Here the CFD is used to analysis the temperature inside car at various position.

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