PROCEDURE FOR OPTIMAL LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN AND DURABILITY TESTING OF WHEELS

This paper describes a method for optimal wheel design and is based on the concept that the sizing of a wheel has to take into account the service stresses as well as allowable stresses in different wheel areas. A short overview of the procedure to determine the service stresses simulating service loads in the laboratory and the way to determine the allowable stresses by fatigue testing of different wheel areas is presented. The problems of durability testing of the wheels is discussed and a new biaxial wheel durability test machine, which provides improved simulation of service loads and makes it possible to test the whole wheel in a single procedure is described. (TRRL)

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  Inderscience Enterprises Limited

  World Trade Center Building, 110 Avenue Louis Casai
  Geneva,   Switzerland 
• Authors:
  • Grubisic, V
  • Fischer, G
• Publication Date: 1984-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 659-671
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Durability; Fatigue (Mechanics); Fatigue tests; Laboratories; Light vehicles; Lightweight materials; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Methodology; Optimization; Simulation; Stresses; Testing equipment; Tests; Vehicles; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Optimum design
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 9011: Design (overall design); 5910: Durability; 5579: Fatigue (mater); 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 9038: Lightweight; 6473: Mathematical model; 9102: Method; 9103: Simulation; 5575: Stress (in material); 6255: Test; 1255: Vehicle; 1372: Wheel
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394124
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM