Development of a Magnesium Swing Arm for Motorcycles

Iwasaki, Hayato; Mizuta, Akiyoshi; Hasegawa, Takeshi; Yoshitake, Hideto

doi:10.4271/2004-32-0048

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“…The attempt to replace such part is an agreement with the trends reported [5], which consider suspension parts as a promising field in automotive industry for the application of innovative materials, such as magnesium alloy and polymer composites. For instance, the re-design of a single-side light aluminium alloy swing-arm using magnesium alloy is presented in [11] where a mass saving of 10% with respect to the original design has been achieved.…”

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Design of a Motorcycle Composite Swing-Arm by Means of Multi-objective Optimisation

Airoldi

Bertoli

Lanzi³

et al. 2011

Appl Compos Mater

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A study for the replacement of a metallic swing-arm of a high performance motorcycle with a composite part is presented. Considering the high structural effectiveness of the original metallic component, the case study evaluates the potential of composites in a challenging application. The FE model of the original component is developed to evaluate the structural performance in the most significant load conditions. A manufacturing process, based on a RTM technique, is proposed and analysed in order to develop realistic design hypotheses. The design approach is based on an optimisation process with 60 design variables. A constrained multi-objective genetic algorithm is applied to identify the solutions representing the best trade-off between mass reduction and improvement of torsional stiffness. Results show that composite materials can enhance the structural efficiency of the original metallic part, even considering technological limitations and damage tolerance requirements.

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confidence: 99%