Finite Element Analysis of Drive Axle Housing with ANSYS Workbench

Abstract:

UG software was used to build the entity model for light truck driving axle housing, imported the model to ANSYS Workbench collaborative simulation software, and analyzed the stress after meshing and loading. It can be seen that the maximum equivalent stress of the drive axle housing under various conditions was less than the allowable stress value, and the evaluation index of vertical bending static strength experiment is K_n > 6, meeting the strength requirement; In the condition of full loads, the maximum deformation of the per-meter center distance is: 0.1 mm/m < 1.5 mm/m, also meeting the rigidity requirement; The experimental study is used to verify the analysis results referring the relative articles, shows that analysis results are reliable. This process provides reference for other driving axle housing and similar structure finite element analysis.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 215-216)
• Pages: 717-720
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.215-216.717
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Ning Shan Bai, An Yuan Jiao, Shi Ming Liu
• Keywords: ANSYS Workbench , Drive Axle Housing, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Static Analysis

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