Investigating the Effect of Weight Reduction of Rod-End in Drag-Link Product with Finite Element Analysis, Fatigue Test, and a Case Study
| Autor: | Sami Gökberk Biçer, Erinç Uludamar, Ebru Aykut Yıldırım, Cihan Yıldırım, Mustafa Taş, Kerimcan Çelebi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Machining process
Materials science genetic structures 020209 energy Forming processes 02 engineering and technology Raw material Durability Finite element method 020303 mechanical engineering & transports 0203 mechanical engineering Weight loss Drag Product (mathematics) Automotive Engineering 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine sense organs medicine.symptom Composite material |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Automotive Technology. 21:513-518 |
| ISSN: | 1976-3832 1229-9138 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12239-020-0048-1 |
| Popis: | The connection surfaces of drag-link must be tough and safe enough to carry transmitted forces that exert on the product in service conditions. Therefore, undulated forming takes place in machining process to stay the rod-ends in the rod. In the rod-end, after forming process, a straight part which remains on the body causes extra cost and weight on the product. In this study, the result of shortening of rod-end which was produced from C45+N quality steel was investigated by comparing with the unmodified rod-end. The comparison was carried out by fatigue test and Finite Element Analysis. The results showed that the cropped part has almost no effect on the durability of the product. It is measured that the modification result with 0,082 kg weight reduction on each rod-end and 5 seconds shortening of machining process were observed by the modification on rod-end. The effect of modification on the part was examined in a case study. The case study indicated that annual expenses of raw material lowered by $9.124,56 and total cost decreased by $11.480,20. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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