Optimization and Design Exploration of Volvo FM 400 8X4 Tipper with 32 CU.M Coal Body using Finite Element Analysis

The truck industry plays significant role in country’s economic activity and construction. There is considerable scope to improve the design of their products. In order to save unloading costs tipper trucks are becoming very popular now a day. These bodies are also known as dump bodies. These are useful in a simple way to unload the material. Every extra pound of vehicle weight increases manufacturing cost, lower fuel efficiency and reduces vehicle payload capacity. With this concept of reducing weight and stress reduction the optimized model of tipper dump body is modelled and analyzed. This is carried out by conducting the Finite Element Analysis on the models and according to standards, weight reduction and stress reduction is carried out. With the optimized parameters, optimized Model is developed and analyzed, stress analysis is carried out and the results are obtained. The modules used for analysis of tipper body are Explicit dynamics, Transient, Modal and Random vibration.