Wheatley, Greg, Gangemi, Darrin, Toogood, Jarod, and Sachini Sandeepa Chandrasiri, Rendage (2020) Analyzing suspension upright of a formula society of automotive engineers style vehicle. Technical University of Varna. Annual Journal, 4 (2). pp. 91-99.

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Abstract

This project was aimed at modeling the stress and deformation profile of a 6061-T6 aluminum suspension upright of a formula society of automotive engineer’s style vehiclewith adouble wishbone suspension under the loading conditions of a 1.5G corner. With these results, it would need to be determined whether the design is fit for use. Using remote displacement boundary conditions for the upper and lower wishbone connections and the control arm connectionwith a remote force at the center of the wheel patch acting on the bearing surfaces the maximum stress, overall stress profile and maximum deformation of the upright was calculated. These results after, under-taking a verificationand validation study, were a maximum equivalent von-Mises stress of 87.358MPa and a maximum bearing surface deflection of 0.21 mm. The maximum von-Mises stress calculated was less than the fatigue limit of 90MPa signaling infinite life and also less than the yield stress of 240MPa signaling a safe design. Verification and validation techniques were used to ensure the final result was accurate and reflected the real –life system. Structural error was used to verify the results where it was found that maximum structural error in the upright was 0.052mJ and at the location of maximum stress was between 0.0058-1.0782e-8 mJ. Validation of the model was achieved by comparing the reaction forces calculated in ANSYS to theoretical values and was found that the magnitudes were within 2.5% of the theoretical values, thus the model was considered valid.

Item ID:	67696
Item Type:	Article (Scholarly Work)
ISSN:	2603-316X
Keywords:	aluminium, double wishbone, stress, structural error, suspension
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