JJEM: Special Edition 1 (December 2023)
JJEM: Special Edition 1 (December 2023)
2023-12-08
Design of Modular Cast Axle Housing for Off-Highway Vehicles
Manjunathachary G H, Ravi Kumar B N and Jayavardhana Acharya N
In the global competition, it is very important for engineering to bring up new innovative product and design solution to cater competition and produce design solution at reduced cost. As time and cost are major factors in design and innovative product is need of design. Especially this competition is slightly higher in the automotive sector. In this work, the time and cost spent on producing a new cast rear axle housing for off-highway vehicles is reduced to a greater extent. An off-highway vehicle is considered to be a type of vehicle which is capable of driving on and off paved road conditions. These robust vehicles are basically designed to work under overload and abuse conditions. The rear axle assembly is the important system of the drive train. The major function of the rear axle is to pull the load and to support the load. The axle housing is a structural component of the axle which takes the vehicle weight. Modular design approach is used in this work to design the rear axle housing, so that the same design can be used for several configurations. The concepts revolve around to make the Track length and Spring Mounting Centers modular.
Off -highway vehicles, Rear axle housing, Track length, Spring Mounting Centers, Modular, pugh matrix, Bending stress