ISSN: 1546-962X
CODEN: JAIOAD
Published Online: 1 November 2004
Page Count: 10

Validation of Complex Wheel/Hub Subassemblies by Multiaxial Laboratory Tests Using Standardized Load Files

Fischer, G
Doctor, Stress Analysis and Strength Evaluation, Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability LBF Bartningstrasse 47, Darmstadt,

(Received 12 April 2002; accepted 22 October 2003)

Abstract

For the evaluation of safety components like the wheel/hub subassembly, the operational loading, including special event loading as well as the influence of adjacent components and their interaction, must be taken into account. By using the described test procedure in the Biaxial Test Facility, all service-like deformations can be simulated in accelerated program tests. A reliable time, as well cost, saving validation of new designs, materials, and manufacturing technologies can be carried out.

Keywords:
wheel/hub subassembly, multiaxial loading, variable amplitude testing, Eurocycle load program

Paper ID: JAI19035
DOI: 10.1520/JAI19035
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