Effect of muffler mounting bracket designs on durability

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1094-1107

  Subbiah, Senthilnathan ^a   Singh, O P ^a   Mohan, Srikanth K ^a   Jeyaraj, Arockia P ^a  

^a TVS Motor Company Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Automotive design; Fatigue life; Finite element analysis; Structural failures; Welding

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY; APPLIED FORCES; AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNS; AVERAGE DISTANCE; BRACKET SYSTEM; CRITICAL LOCATION; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; DURABILITY LIFE; DURABILITY TEST; DURABILITY TESTING; END USERS; ENGINE CRADLE; FAILURE DATA; FATIGUE LIFE; FEM ANALYSIS; FEM MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FISHBONE DIAGRAMS; GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH IMPACT; MODIFIED DESIGNS; MOUNTING BRACKET; NEW DESIGN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; VERTICAL FORCE; WARRANTY COSTS;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILE MUFFLERS; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; DURABILITY; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FASTENERS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; VEHICLES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WELDING; WELDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79952439762     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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