Custom Design Multi-Axial Engine Mount Load-Cell Development for Road Load Identification and Fatigue Life Estimation

Öztürk, Umud Esat; Ucar, Lutfi; Shahidi, Kaveh; Ersoy, Nuri; Zobi, Onur; Bagdat, Umit; Yanarocak, Rıfat Kohen; Elmalı, Serkan

doi:10.4271/2016-01-0413

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“…For a feasible solution without any adjustment to vehicle design, a custom multi-axial load cell has been designed for a BCar I4 engine to measure forces and moments on the engine mount. The measured data can be used further for fatigue life estimation [ 31 ].…”

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Design and Shape Optimization of Strain Gauge Load Cell for Axial Force Measurement for Test Benches

Al-Dahiree

Tokhi

Hadi

et al. 2022

Sensors

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The load cell is an indispensable component of many engineering machinery and industrial automation for measuring and sensing force and torque. This paper describes the design and analysis of the strain gauge load cell, from the conceptional design stage to shape optimization (based on the finite element method (FEM) technique) and calibration, providing ample load capacity with low-cost material (aluminum 6061) and highly accurate force measurement. The amplifier circuit of the half Wheatstone bridge configuration with two strain gauges was implemented experimentally with an actual load cell prototype. The calibration test was conducted to evaluate the load cell characteristics and derive the governing equation for sensing the unknown load depending on the measured output voltage. The measured sensitivity of the load cell is approximately 15 mV/N and 446.8 µV/V at a maximum applied load of 30 kg. The findings are supported by FEM results and experiments with an acceptable percentage of errors, which revealed an overall error of 6% in the worst situation. Therefore, the proposed load cell meets the design considerations for axial force measurement for the laboratory test bench, which has a light weight of 20 g and a maximum axial force capacity of 300 N with good sensor characteristics.

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confidence: 99%