Bus frame dynamic and durability analysis of using virtual proving ground

Author

Dongpo, Liu ; Xuhui, Mo

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Adv. Design & Manuf. for Vehicle Body, Changsha, China

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 April 2011

Firstpage

2032

Lastpage

2035

Abstract

The layout of a new type bus is different from the traditional bus, the change of the structure has considerable influence to the durability to the body, it´s necessary to predict the fatigue life of vehicle body at the early stage of the design. In this paper, the finite element model of the vehicle including the body frame, chassis and tire was built by using the CAE technology Virtual Proving Ground, and the road excitation load is generated and its characteristic was verified using MATLAB. The VPG approach uses the realistic tire-road interactions and the explicit finite element code LS-DYNA to obtain the dynamic stress history of vehicle body, the fatigue life of the vehicle body was predicted by using the VPG fatigue tool. The analysis provides references for the structure design and modification of the vehicle body.

Keywords

automobiles; computer aided engineering; design engineering; durability; fatigue; finite element analysis; mechanical engineering computing; stress analysis; structural engineering computing; tyres; vehicle dynamics; CAE technology; LS-DYNA code; MATLAB; VPG fatigue tool; bus frame durability analysis; bus frame dynamic analysis; dynamic stress analysis; finite element model; road excitation load; structure design; tire-road interaction; vehicle body fatigue life; vehicle chassis; virtual proving ground; Fatigue; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Roads; Stress; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles; durability; dynamic stress analysis; multi-body dynamic model; road spectrum; virtual proving ground;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

XianNing

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-458-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CECNET.2011.5769059

Filename

5769059