鋁合金輪圈撞擊測試之電腦模擬分析

Simulation of the Impact Test of Aluminum Wheel

施建仲(Jian-Zhong Shi)

指導教授 ： 江國寧

國立清華大學/工學院/動力機械工程學系/碩士(2007年)

摘要

近年來鋁合金輪圈在市場上的競爭日亦激烈，研發技術的提升為各大廠提昇產品競爭力之主要重點之一。由於電腦輔助工程(Computer Aided Engineering, CAE)分析軟體之發展逐漸成熟、以及電腦硬體功能之運算提升，有限單元法(Finite Element Analysis, FEM)逐漸被應用於鋁輪圈開發測試，成為縮短鋁合金輪圈設計和研發時程之重要工具。為此本研究希望藉由接觸及衝擊的基礎理論，利用電腦輔助工程及有限單元法，針對“鋁輪圈衝擊試驗”進行研究。
本研究中系根據廠商所提供電腦輔助設計(Computer Aided Design, CAD)圖檔，使用Pro/Engineer®進行實體模型的建立。於有限單元分析軟體ANSYS®中進行模型的網格化及分析前處理，並進行靜態組裝預應力求解。將組裝預力分析之結果匯入LS-DYNA®進行輪圈撞擊之分析。以此建立一快速之鋁合金輪圈衝擊測試分析方法，並將分析結果與實物撞擊試驗比對，驗証此分析方法之可靠性。最後，以輪圈輕量化為目標提供一適當的减重策略。

關鍵字

鋁輪圈衝擊試驗 ； 電腦輔助工程

並列摘要

Recently, the market for aluminum wheels used on passenger cars has become more competitive in that manufacturers adopt new technology to increase the quality and efficiency of the production of aluminum wheels. As computer-aided engineering (CAE) technologies and computer efficiency evolve reliably, finite element analysis (FEM) has become widely employed to address engineering problems. FEM is a powerful tool for comprehending the reaction of the aluminum wheel during the standard test within a short period of time. Therefore, based on the contact and impact theories, FEM is carried out to perform the aluminum wheel impact test.
According to the computer-aided design (CAD) file provided by the manufacturer, this research utilizes the CAD software Pro/Engineer® to build a 3D solid model. The preprocessor setting and pretension loading from the model assembly are applied in the CAE software ANSYS®. Then the pretension result solved by ANSYS® is imported to the CAE software LS-DYNA® to continue the analysis of the impact test.
Overall, through the comparison between the simulation results and the experiment on aluminum observation, a fast and reliable method to analyze the wheel impact test is established. Furthermore, suggestions on weight reduction for wheels are also made in the thesis.

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