Durability of automobile stabilizer bar is assessed in the present study. Finite element analysis of the stabilizer bar is performed based on the experimental observations. Fatigue analysis is performed under cyclic loading. Effect of shot peening have been taken into account. Fatigue cycles are defined for the maximum loading conditions. Custom built fatigue testing equipment is used to simulate the fatigue life of stabilizer bar. Commercial software ABAQUS is used for numerical simulation. Computational fatigue simulation software, fe-safe is used for the fatigue analysis to predict the fatigue life (number of cycles for crack initiation) and crack site location. Simulated results were compared with that of the physical test results for validation.

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