International Journal of Advanced Innovative Technology in Engineering (IJAITE)

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Design and Analysis of Front Fender of Three Wheeler Vehicle

MR. ARPIT G. MAHURE, DR. NITIN A. WANKHADE, MR. C. G. JAWANJAL

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Front fender design of three wheeler vehicle is very important with the focus on an improvement aspect in the automotive industry. The goals are to increase the performance and to find the solution to reduce the cost of the fender because of the amount of material used, hence able to reduce the production cost. In this paper Finite element models of the front fender of three wheeler vehicle were analyzed, using linear and nonlinear finite element analyses in CAE software. Experimental and analysis stress were compared to evaluate the validity of the FEA approaches. In this study, multi-stage topology and free-size optimization of front fender structure have been performed using Optistruct by Altair engineering, used to design a lightweight front fender when subjected to service loads. An existing commercially available front fender mudguard serves as the reference design space. The objective function for topology optimization is used during the development stage to determine placement of supporting ribs in fender component and confirm material reduction of an existing feasible design space. An overall reduction in weight of 1.04% is achieved over a reference commercially available front fender component. The study is focused on a simulation of low velocity impact by a moving object is carried on Existing & Optimized design of front fender mudguard of three wheeler will be tested by using the explicit nonlinear finite element code LSDYNA solver for Energy absorption capability, Deflection, and stress distribution. Results of optimized front fender are compared against existing design of front fender for better and safe design utilization.

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