Automobile wheels serve as a primary means of support to a moving and stationary car while being subjected to static and dynamic loading in the process. The present study examines the mechanical behavior of different auto wheel materials under the aforementioned loading conditions using Finite Element Method (FEM). The wheel component was modlled and simulated with SOLIDWORKS 2018 version using different materials including carbon fibre (T300), cast alloy steel, aluminium (2014-T6) and magnesium alloy. Considering the simulation constraints of lowest static stress (von-mises), lowest resultant strain, lowest displacement (static and raidal) and lowest bending, cast alloy steel met all the requirements except for static strain where carbon fibre was the lowest followed by cast alloy steel. Carbon fibre (T300) among all the materials had the highest static stress (von-mises), highest displacement (static and raidal) and highest bending. Static stress for aluminium (2014-T6) was lower than that of magnesium alloy while resultant strain, static and radial displacement as well as bending were lower for aluminium (2014-T6) than magnesium alloy. Von-mises stresses for all wheel materials where below their yield strength, indicating that they can perform optimally under the above mentioned loading constraints. The main disadvantage with steel wheel is the high density while low density of the other three materials offer a distinctive advantage to auto performance, but steel wheel is inexpensive, strong, tough and more durable compared to the other materials.
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