On the Mechanical Behavior of Distinct Auto Wheel Materials Under Static and Dynamic In-service Loading Cycle

Authors : Aniekan IKPE, Emem IKPE, Ekom ETUK
Pages : 61-75
Doi:10.22399/ijcesen.913166
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Publication Date : 2021-07-31
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Automobile wheels serve as a primary means of support to a moving and stationary car while being subjected to static and dynamic loading in the process. The present study examines the mechanical behavior of different auto wheel materials under the aforementioned loading conditions using Finite Element Method insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FEM);. The wheel was modlled and simulated in SOLIDWORKS 2018 version using different materials including carbon fibre insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T300);, cast alloy steel, aluminium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2014-T6); and magnesium alloy. Considering the simulation conditions of lowest static stress insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(von-mises);, lowest resultant strain, lowest displacement insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(static and raidal); and lowest bending, cast alloy steel met all the requirements except for static strain where carbon fibre was the lowest followed by cast alloy steel. Carbon fibre insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T300); among all the materials had the highest static stress insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(von-mises);, highest displacement insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(static and raidal); and highest bending. Static stress for aluminium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2014-T6); was lower than that of magnesium alloy while resultant strain, static and radial displacement as well as bending was lower for aluminium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2014-T6); than magnesium alloy. Von-mises stress for all the wheel materials where below their yield strength, indicating that they can perform optimally under the above mentioned loading condition. The primary concern with steel wheel is the high density which serves as additional advantage to the other three materials due to their low density, but steel wheel is inexpensive, strong, tough and more durable compared to the other materials.
Keywords : Auto wheel, Mechanical behavior, Density, Failure, Static stress, Bending

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