Designing and simulation of Alloy wheels/rim

Hii..

Need help regarding designing and stress analysis of alloy wheels/rims.

If anyone has any idea ....please help...

Regards,

Saurabh

what do you need to know? You will have to be a little more specific with your question.

Stress Analysis on the computer is not a replacement for hand calculations. They are used as a design tool to help narrow a design focus.

HI MATT,

I've been told to design a wheel/rim on solidworks(which i have done) and now the main part :

1. to perform a analysis on the rim when it is rotating.

2. to perform cosmos by giving a motor on the wheel.

I've tried it by keeping the road fixed and rotating the wheel,but don't kno whr I am going in right direction regard to analysis part....

So my question is :

What analysis can be done on Solidworks on a rotating object wrt a fixed object?

Which version of cosmos do you have? Is this for some project where the part will not actually be made or is this planned for production?

To perform a motion analysis on your wheel you will need other components. Specifically something for the wheel to rotate on. I dont really see any benefit to analyzing the wheel in motion though.

If you start an analysis i would think the best thing to do is hold the center fixed. This will depend on how the rim was designed. If its a concentric mount, meaning it has a tight fit with a lip on the spindle, or if the lugs will actually be taking the load.

You have the ability to produce a somewhat realistic model I believe. If you model a tire, road surface etc you can do a motion study simulating friction between the tire and "road" while driving the wheel with a torque. During a motion study I believe you can export a component for stress analysis using current mates/forces. I havent tried this before though.