Effect of vehicle ride on the fatigue life of a lower arm ball joint /

Ground vehicles undergo broad range of vibrations throughout their operational lifetime which not only produce discomfort for the passengers, but also affect the life of suspension components. Consequences of those vibrations on front suspension ball joint have been studied in this thesis by combini...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khatri, Naveed Ahmed (Author)
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Subjects:
Online Access:Click here to view 1st 24 pages of the thesis. Members can view fulltext at the specified PCs in the library.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
LEADER 027330000a22002890004500
008 191031s2019 my a f m 0000 0 eng d
040 |a UIAM  |b eng  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
043 |a a-my--- 
100 1 |a Khatri, Naveed Ahmed,  |e author 
245 1 0 |a Effect of vehicle ride on the fatigue life of a lower arm ball joint /  |c by Naveed Ahmed Khatri 
264 1 |a Kuala Lumpur :  |b Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia,  |c 2019 
300 |a xv, 65 leaves :  |b illustrations ;  |c 30cm. 
336 |2 rdacontent  |a text 
347 |2 rdaft  |a text file  |b PDF 
502 |a Thesis (MSAE)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2019. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-59). 
520 |a Ground vehicles undergo broad range of vibrations throughout their operational lifetime which not only produce discomfort for the passengers, but also affect the life of suspension components. Consequences of those vibrations on front suspension ball joint have been studied in this thesis by combining rigid body dynamics with finite element analysis. MacPherson quarter was modelled in CATIA V5 and simulated in ANSYS Workbench by giving random road profile as the system input in which three different type of dampers were defined to obtain three different ride qualities. Reaction forces occurring at the ball joint were calculated and based on the results, stress analysis was conducted. High stress concentrations were found mainly at the neck region and at the contact area between the ball joint and its socket. Highest magnitude of stress occurred with the best ride quality while lowest amount of stresses were found when the ride quality was worst. Using these stress results, fatigue lives of the ball joint were determined and compared against each ride quality. It was concluded that the comfortable ride has significant impact on suspension ball joint and manufacturers need to have a trade-off between ride quality and life of suspension components. 
596 |a 1 
655 7 |a Theses, IIUM local 
690 |a Dissertations, Academic  |x Department of Mechanical Engineering  |z IIUM 
710 2 |a International Islamic University Malaysia.  |b Department of Mechanical Engineering 
856 4 |u http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/4727  |z Click here to view 1st 24 pages of the thesis. Members can view fulltext at the specified PCs in the library. 
900 |a sz to aaz-naw 
999 |c 440163  |d 472065 
952 |0 0  |6 XX(559400.1)  |7 0  |8 THESES  |9 762005  |a IIUM  |b IIUM  |c MULTIMEDIA  |g 0.00  |o XX(559400.1)  |p 11100408175  |r 1900-01-02  |t 1  |v 0.00  |y THESIS 
952 |0 0  |6 XX(559400.1) CD  |7 5  |8 THESES  |9 858768  |a IIUM  |b IIUM  |c MULTIMEDIA  |g 0.00  |o XX(559400.1) CD  |p 11100408176  |r 1900-01-02  |t 1  |v 0.00  |y THESISDIG