Design and Analysis of Steering Knuckle at Diverse Strengthening Condition Sri Krishna College of Engg. and Tech

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Ranganathan, Soundararajan, author.

Contributor:

Aravinth, Vishaal

C, Pradeep

gopal, Shanthosh

Raja, Ajith

Conference Name:

International Conference on Advances in Design, Materials, Manufacturing and Surface Engineering for Mobility (2020-09-25 : Chennai, India)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2020

Summary:

The steering knuckle is an essential component in All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) which withstands alternating loads subjected to different conditions without affecting vehicle performance. The main objective of the proposed work is the design and analysis of steering knuckle under static and fatigue conditions to observe stress and total deformation for proposed materials. In this present investigation, AA7075 -T6 was chosen as it exhibits good ductility, high strength, toughness, and high resistance to withstand the load. The proposed material AA7075-T6 heat treated were taken for shot-peening as post-processing work with attaining diverse strengthening tested properties were observed. An optimum knuckle design is modeled using solidworks. The test values were given as input data and static and fatigue analysis is performed using ansys workbench by applying constraints and loads such as steering effort, braking torque, cornering force, bumping force, lateral and longitudinal load transfer on the knuckle design. Stress concentration and total deformation for both the materials are analyzed in static and fatigue conditions. Comparatively AA7075-T6 heat treated with shot-peened material shows lower deformation value and less stress concentration zone because of its improved properties with high impact withstand ability. Thus this proposed work provides an optimal design approach of ATV steering knuckle to improve traction, vehicle performance due to better weight reduction and long life

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Publisher Number:

2020-28-0501

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Restricted for use by site license