Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
The axles
in a system must bear the weight of the vehicle as well as any cargo weight.
The front axle beam is one of the major parts of vehicle suspension system and
it houses the steering assembly as well. About 35 to 40 percent of the total
vehicle weight is taken up by the front axle. Corrosion, wear and fatigue are
the main causes of failure of mechanical parts. Main failure form of front axle
beam is fatigue damage. The axles serve to transmit driving torque to the
wheel, as well as to maintain the position of the wheels relative to each other
and to the vehicle body. Therefore, the research on the fatigue life has
important value. So, proper design and optimization of front axle is extremely
crucial to Fatigue strength. The paper focuses on design, analysis and
optimization of front axle. The approach in this research paper has been
divided into two steps. The First step involves design of front axle by
Analytical method. For this, types of forces loads with the help of CAD
UNIGRAPHICS NX9.Second step involved further Pre-processing using ANSYS bench
work 15.0 and post processing with the help of ANSYS bench work NCODE. Also the
experimentation test performed and compared with FEA results.
Country : India
IRJIET, Volume 7, Special Issue of ICRTET- 2023 pp. 124-130