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Additively Manufactured Wheel Suspension System with Integrated Conductions

Weitz, Fabian ORCID iD icon 1; Debnar, Christian Simon 1; Frey, Michael ORCID iD icon 1; Gauterin, Frank ORCID iD icon 1
1 Institut für Fahrzeugsystemtechnik (FAST), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Increasing urbanisation and growing environmental awareness in society require new and innovative vehicle concepts. In the present work, the design freedoms of additive manufacturing (AM) are used to develop a front-axle wheel suspension for a novel modular vehicle concept. The development of the suspension components is based on a new method using industry-standard load cases for the strength design of the components. To design the chassis components, the available installation space is determined, and a suitable configuration of the chassis components is defined. Furthermore, numerical methods are used to identify the component geometries that are suitable for the force flow. The optimisation setup is selected in such a way that it is possible to integrate information, energy, and material-carrying conductions into the suspension arms. High-strength light metals are used to minimise the component masses. Apertures are provided through the components for the routing of electrical conductors. The transport of fluids is realised by conductions integrated into the wishbones. The final geometries of the suspension components are then validated by a finite element analysis (FEA) of the overall suspension model. ... mehr


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000173208
Veröffentlicht am 07.08.2024
Cover der Publikation
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Fahrzeugsystemtechnik (FAST)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2024
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2624-8921
KITopen-ID: 1000173208
Erschienen in Vehicles
Verlag MDPI AG (MDPI AG)
Band 6
Heft 3
Seiten 1051–1069
Bemerkung zur Veröffentlichung Gefördert durch den KIT-Publikationsfonds
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 27.06.2024
Schlagwörter additively manufactured; wheel suspension; integrated conductions
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