Modal Analysis Study on Different Mini Electric Vehicle Rim Designs


Karaçor B., Kaysadı K., Özcanlı M.

6th International Congress on Contemporary Scientific Research, Paris, France, 25 - 28 October 2024, pp.943-967

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Doi Number: 10.5281/zenodo.14198679
  • City: Paris
  • Country: France
  • Page Numbers: pp.943-967
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Rims are elements that are mounted on the vehicle drivetrain, provide contact between the vehicle and the ground, and are constantly exposed to loads and reactions due to their contact with the ground. Due to these forces that they are constantly exposed to, a vibration occurs in the rims. The aim of this study is to find the limits of the designs under a certain load by performing vibration analysis of rims made of different geometric designs. The designs were created using the CATIA V5 R21 program and the analyzes were made using the ANSYS 18.0 program. AL 6061-T6 and St-37 materials were preferred as materials. In the analysis results, while the total deformations gave the least value with 0.096 mm in the small model design with Al 6061-T6 material, the deformation reached the highest value with 1.176 mm in the original model and this value reached 0.166 mm with the design revision studies. In designs with St-37 material defined, the use of the local model had the lowest total deformation value of 0.02 mm, while a total deformation of 0.41 mm was observed in the original model. In the revised rim model, this total deformation value reached 0.057 mm. In the equivalent stress values, the highest equivalent stress value was found with 111.99 MPa in the basic model defined with AL 6061-T6 material. The lowest value was reached with 23.165 MPa in the local model design. In the modal analysis results, the model used with the local model had the highest mode 1 frequency values with 382.24 Hz and 381 Hz in both AL 6061-T6 and St37 materials, respectively. At the Mode 10 value, values between 1005.9 Hz and 1011.2 Hz were found in the basic model design in both AL 6061-T6 and St-37 materials.