Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
Year : 2016, Volume : 6, Issue : 10
First page : ( 196) Last page : ( 212)
Online ISSN : 2249-7315.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2249-7315.2016.01007.8

Design and Analysis of Automotive Wheel Rim by using ANSYS and MSC Fatigue Software

Karuppusamy S.*, Karthikeyan G.**, Dinesh S.*, Rajkumar T.*, Dr. Vijayan V.*, Basha J. Kalil**

*Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, India

**Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College, Perambalur, India

Online published on 14 October, 2016.

Abstract

Wheel rim is the part of automotive where it heavily undergoes both static loads as well as fatigue loads as wheel rim travels different road profile. As it develops heavy stresses in the rim, the critical stress and number cycles to failure are to be found. The purpose of the car wheel rim is to provide a firm base to hold the tire. Its dimensions and shape should be suitable to accommodate the particular tire required for the vehicle. In this study, a car wheel rim is considered. The wheel rim is designed by using modeling software SOLIDWORKS V13. The solid model is then imported to ANSYS for static analysis. The static analysis was carried out by considering the four different materials namely steel alloy, aluminium alloy, magnesium alloy and forged steel and their relative performance have been observed. In addition to this the rim was subjected to fatigue analysis using MSC fatigue software and its performance was observed. The results of static and fatigue analysis obtained from four different materials reveals that the steel alloy is the best material of wheel rim.

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