Fatigue Analysis of a Wheel Rim
Application ID: 2038
A fatigue analysis is performed on a wheel rim. The Findley fatigue criterion is examined. The submodeling technique is utilized performed a detailed study on the critical part of a spike. At first a study of the full model is made. The critical part is identified and a submodel is reanalyzed. The road load, which rotates around the wheel, is mapped from the analysis of the full model to the analysis of the submodel.

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