Influence of shock absorber damping rates on the fatigue of anti-roll bars of a commercial vehicle
| Autor: | Pablo Yugo Yoshiura Kubo, Anne Gadbois, Mina Youssef, Dragos Zamfir, Arthur Larocca |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
business.industry Bar (music) Mechanical Engineering Poison control 020302 automobile design & engineering Anti-roll bar 02 engineering and technology Structural engineering Durability Damper law.invention Shock absorber 0203 mechanical engineering law Gross axle weight rating Automotive Engineering business Suspension (vehicle) |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems. 27:180 |
| ISSN: | 1741-5152 1744-232X |
| Popis: | Within the framework of an integrated product development, the main objective of this study is to assess the influence of shock absorber damping rates on the fatigue of anti-roll bars of a commercial vehicle. In this regard, force and displacement data have been collected in a durability test track with an instrumented bus on curb weight (CW) and gross axle weight rating (GAWR). Based on the theory of fatigue damage accumulation, the durability of each anti-roll bar of a bus (front and rear suspension) was assessed for three different shock absorber damping rates. Statistical significance between different shock absorbers has been identified for both bars on both loading conditions. The results pointed out that, in some cases, a softer damper could reduce by almost half the fatigue life of an anti-roll bar when compared to the same bar with stiffer dampers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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