Design and Static Analysis of Wheel Rim By FEA

The main objective is to analyse the causes of failures of wheel rim. Generally, the rim’s surface gets cracked, sometimes bents due to high impact loading or crack initiates at the welds. Damage to the rims can cause vibration and the tire to hold pressure. Any damage, such as rust, cracks, dents, etc. Could result in excessive vibration loss of air pressure, instability, and even complete structural failure. Because of this, damage to wheel rims is very serious, as this could result in failure of the 'Wheel Rim' during running conditions. Though repairs can be made to a wheel's rim, visible damage could be indicative of greater damage that cannot be easily noticed, so a repaired wheel rim will never be structurally as sound as a new one. There may be many causes of failure, this project will discuss about the various failures which may arise in the rim. This project is all about the calculation of maximum and minimum von-Mises stresses and deflections with the help of ANSYS software. We can easily detect the areas where major portion of the load has been applied.