Nondimensional translational characteristics of elastomer components / Andreas Dutzler, Christian Buzzi and Martin Leitner
Elastomer components are used in both primary and secondary spring stages in bogies of rail vehicles. The design of spring components of a bogie requires knowledge of the calculation of the elastic properties of these components. An elastomer spring component is typically analyzed in the dimension t...
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Smart Manufacturing Research Institute (SMRI)
2021
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66468/1/66468.pdf https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66468/ https://jaeds.uitm.edu.my/ |
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| Summary: | Elastomer components are used in both primary and secondary spring stages in bogies of rail vehicles. The design of spring components of a bogie requires knowledge of the calculation of the elastic properties of these components. An elastomer spring component is typically analyzed in the dimension to be investigated. Calculated force-displacement curves are directly related to the material and dimension of the component itself. The objective of this paper is to establish generalized or, in other words, universally valid force-displacement characteristics by breaking the entanglement with component size. The advantage of this approach is the extended validity of the results for a specific spring shape of any size. The simulations are performed only once for each shape and may be converted to any other size using the proposed methodology. A numerical study of a layer spring with rectangular cross-sectional area and fixed edges on both top and bottom sides serves as a reference example. |
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