REVIEW ARTICLE


Fatigue Strength Analysis on the Automobile Stabilizer Bar Based on ANSYS



Peng Zhang*, 1, Bao Xu1, Shi Zhou1, Le He2
1 School of Mechanical Electronic and Information Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
2 State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2014
Volume: 8
First Page: 619
Last Page: 623
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-8-619
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01408010619

Article History:

Received Date: 14/11/2014
Revision Received Date: 06/01/2015
Acceptance Date: 15/01/2015
Electronic publication date: 31/12/2014
Collection year: 2014

© 2014 Zhang et al

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* Address correspondence to this author at the School of Mechanical Electronic and Information Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Ding No.11, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, Postcode: 100083, China; Tel: 01062331246; E-mail: zhangpeng@cumtb.edu.cn


Abstract

Stabilizer bar is an important component of the vehicle’s independent suspension system and plays an important role in the safety traffic. Therefore, the research on fatigue strength characteristics of the automobile stabilizer bar is very important. In this paper, the finite element model is established for the automobile stabilizer bar by utilizing ANSYS finite element analysis software. The automobile stabilizer bar’s strength and stiffness are analyzed with the finite element method. It is ensured that the stabilizer bar meets the static strength requirements. At last, the fatigue simulation analysis is carried out. The simulation results illustrate that the fatigue life of the stabilizer bar is about 673400 times and that it meets the fatigue life requirements which must be at least 500000 times in the fatigue test of the stabilizer bar.

Keywords: ANSYS, fatigue strength, finite element analysis, stabilizer bar.