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Off-highway construction equipment sees structural loads of varying magnitude during their life. Load cases used in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) often tend to be conservative due to uncertainty in load directions and magnitudes. For cost-sensitive markets like India, the overdesign caused by such load cases tends to shadow the product’s market competitiveness. There is an increasing need of developing and using ‘optimal’ load cases during design. Method of ‘Load Reconstruction’ holds promise in this regard. It generates load estimates using strains; exactly the reverse of what an FEA does. It makes use of existing strain gage data to generate these loads using certain mathematical calculations. In the present Study, manual gear shift lever of an off-road vehicle is considered. Using the ‘Load Reconstruction’ technique upon the field test data, operator hand loads during actual gear-shifting are generated.

School of Mechanical Engineering

Engineering and Technology

International journal of current engineering and technology

Reconstruction of load histories using strain gauges

Knuckle is a main member in the automobile steering system. The load transfer to the front axle is carried outby the steering knuckle. Steering knuckle is mainly a cast product which has inherent brittleness. Many timesthis brittleness is the main cause of failure of Knuckle under fatigue fracture. To eliminate this, the centralportion of the knuckle should be made of ductile weld structure. The present work is concentrated on theelimination of central region to replace with a ductile weld structure. Initially the original knuckle structure isbuilt using three dimensional modelling software and drafted for dimensions.

International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology

Topology optimization of steering knuckle using finite element analysis

Automotive industry is producing vehicles that are more fuel efficient and lower in emissions due to stricter regulations and evolving environmental concerns.This can be achieved by optimization of automotive Powertrain. This paper presents the study of different trends in powertrain optimization which includes tackling the major problem of friction, improving functioning of alternative or hybrid powertrains, clutch engagement control in mechanical powertrains as well as study of the case study of efficiency improvement on powertrain design done by VOLVO involving Super truck.