Finite Element Based Vehicle Component Fatigue Life Assessment According to a Customer Usage Profile

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F n te Element Based Veh cle Component Fat gue L fe

Assessment Accord ng to a Customer Usage Prof le

By:Sener, AS (Sener, Ar f Senol)[ 1 ]

MATERIALS TESTING

Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Pages: 198-207 DOI: 10.3139/120.110543

Publ shed: 2014

Document Type: Art cle V ew Journal Impact

Abstract

In th s study, construct on and standard zat on of a track for perform ng fat gue and rel ab l ty tests of l ght commerc al veh cles are descr bed. Such a test track s necessary for des gn and manufactur ng

ver f cat on of these veh cles. Fat gue character st cs of Turk sh roads were determ ned by analyz ng f fty d fferent roads. Th s paper focuses on def n ng the load spectrum and equ valent fat gue damage of the leaf spr ng result ng from accelerated tests on a route. Fat gue analys s and est mated l fet me of the part were calculated us ng F n te Element Analyses and ver f ed by the Palmgren-M ner rule. When as

customer prof le the Turk sh automot ve user s taken nto cons derat on and accelerated test tracks are des gned for the rel ab l ty and fat gue tests of the related company, l near FEA of the spr ng represents a conven ent procedure.

Keywords

Author Keywords:Mater als Test ng; Automot ve customer usage; Leaf spr ng; F n te element; Fat gue analys s; Palmgren-M ner rule

KeyWords Plus:ROAD PROFILES; DESIGN

Author Informat on

Repr nt Address:

Istanbul Gel s m Un vers ty Istanbul Gel s m Un v, Automot Dept, E-5 Yanyol 259, Avc lar, Turkey. Correspond ng Address: Sener, AS (correspond ng author)

Istanbul Gel s m Un v, Automot Dept, E-5 Yanyol 259, Avc lar, Turkey. Addresses:

[ 1 ] Istanbul Gel s m Un v, Dept Mech Engn, Istanbul, Turkey Organ zat on-Enhanced Name(s)

Istanbul Gel s m Un vers ty

E-ma l Addresses:ar fsenolsener@gma l.com

Fund ng

Fund ng Agency

Grant Number

TOFAS A. S. Close fund ng text

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Publ sher

CARL HANSER VERLAG, KOLBERGERSTRASSE 22, POSTFACH 86 04 20, D-81679 MUNICH, GERMANY

Categor es / Class f cat on

Research Areas: Mater als Sc ence

Web of Sc ence Categor es: Mater als Sc ence, Character zat on & Test ng

Document Informat on

Language: Engl sh

Access on Number: WOS:000339634800003 ISSN: 0025-5300

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IDS Number: AM1UV

C ted References n Web of Sc ence Core Collect on: 24 T mes C ted n Web of Sc ence Core Collect on: 3