Mediterranean Journal of Modeling and Simulation
Volume 4, Numéro 1, Pages 037-050
2015-09-30

Fatigue Life Prediction Of Package Of Suspension Automotive Under Random Vibration Based On Road Roughness

Authors : Kashyzadeh Kazem Reza . Ostad-ahmad-ghorabi Mohammad Jafar . Arghavan Alireza .

Abstract

The impact of a suitable suspension system for passenger comfort and vehicle steering is an obvious order and direct impact on the safety of passengers must be considered, to do so different kinds of tests must be exerted, one of these is fatigue testing which is one of the most significant ones. Another issue is the high cost in practical ways, and to cope with this issue various ways must be assessed and analyzed, one of the best and the most efficient ways is modelling and testing in virtual software environments. In the present paper, predict fatigue life of suspension component and package of automotive suspension are the main purposes. First, using MATLAB software, road roughness according to the intercity roads for constant vehicle velocity (100 Km/h) has been studied. After that frequency response of components has been analysed, its critical points determined to calculate the fatigue life of the part, and the amount of critical stress obtained based on Von Misses, Tresca and Max Principle criterion for a quarter car model (passive suspension System in 206 Peugeot). Fatigue life of the vehicle components are calculated in terms of kilo-Meters in specialized fatigue software such as 116944, 92638.9, 46388.9 and 191388.9 Km respectively wheel hub, pitman arm, suspension arm and package of suspension. Finally, to prove the given results of the finite element method compared with reported results by other researchers and the results match very well with those.

Keywords

Fatigue; Random vibrations; Road roughness; Suspension system; Pitman arm; Hub wheel; Suspension system.

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