Scope of Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Wheel Rims for Formula Student Racecars: A Finite Element Analytical approach

Kandukuri, Sastry; Pai, Anand; Manikandan, M.

doi:10.1007/s40032-022-00808-w

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“…The carbon fibre wheels rims are also being used to replace Al alloys wheel rims. Studies show that carbon fiber rims have significantly reduced weight by 42% while improving the safety feature by 41% compared to Al alloys wheels 27) .…”

Section: Automotive Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications and Challenges of Carbon-fibres reinforced Composites: A Review

Gupta¹,

Singhal²,

Rajput³

2022

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Carbon-fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs) or Carbon-fiber reinforced plastics composites is a material that has caught the interest of many industries due to its excellent properties like strength, lightweight, crashworthiness, style, looks, and many more. This paper discussed the manufacturing of carbon fibres and CFRPs. The properties of carbon fibres and carbon-fiber reinforced plastics composites are discussed in detail. The applications of Carbon-fiber reinforced plastics composites in the field of automotive and aerospace elaborated in detail. The challenges, recycling of CFRPs, and new approaches in the field of fibres reinforced plastic composites are also addressed in this paper.

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Section: Automotive Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications and Challenges of Carbon-fibres reinforced Composites: A Review

Gupta¹,

Singhal²,

Rajput³

2022

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“…Carbon fibre composites are expensive, as their fabrication is difficult in the case of manufacturing complex and intricate components, but compared to traditional materials, the advantages offered, justify their cost. Thus, their everyday use is limited to the niche segment of automobiles like luxury and sports cars (Korkut et al , 2020; Sai Yashwanth et al , 2022). The common application areas comprise the body panels, structures of the performance elements, passenger cell components, diffusers and roofing.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Structural and fatigue analysis of car wheel rims with carbon fibre composites

Poodipeddi¹,

Singampalli²,

Rayala³

et al. 2023

WJE

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to follow up on the structural and fatigue analysis of car wheel rims with carbon fibre composites in order to ensure the vehicular safety. The wheel is an essential element of the vehicle suspension system that supports the static and dynamic loads encountered during its motion. The rim provides a firm base to hold the tire and supports the wheel, and it is also one of the load-bearing elements in the entire automobile as the car's weight and occupants' weight act upon it. The wheel rim should be strong enough to withstand the load with such a background, ensuring vehicle safety, comfort and performance. The dimensions, shape, structure and material of the rim are crucial factors for studying vehicle handling characteristics that demand automobile designers' concern. Design/methodology/approach In the present study, solid models of three different wheel rims, namely, R-1, R-2 and R-3, designed for three different cars, are modelled in SOLIDWORKS. Different carbon composite materials of polyetheretherketone (PEEK), namely, PEEK 90 HMF 40, PEEK 450 CA 30, PEEK 450 GL 40 and carbon fibre reinforced polymer-unidirectional (CFRP-UD) are used as rim materials for conducting the structural and fatigue analysis using ANSYS Workbench. Findings The results thus obtained in the analyses are used to identify the better carbon fibre composite material for the wheel rim such that it gives better structural properties and less fatigue. The R-3 model rim has shown better structural properties and less fatigue with PEEK 90 HMF 40 material. Originality/value The carbon composite materials used in this study have shown promissory results that can be used as an alternative for aluminium, steel and other regular materials.

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“…All these reasons limit the use of CFRP composites in the construction of mass-produced passenger vehicles. The current use of parts made entirely of CFRP composites is restricted to niche segments of automobiles, such as luxury, premium, and sport cars [ 10 ]. The design of automotive lightweight structures can also be achieved using steel/CFRP hybrid structures.…”

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Experimental and Numerical Study on Mechanical Behavior of Steel/GFRP/CFRP Hybrid Structure under Bending Loading with Adhesive Bond Strength Assessment

Marszałek

Stadnicki

2023

Materials

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Adhesive bonding between steel and carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite leads to hybrid structures that combine the high strength and ductility of steel with the excellent specific strength and stiffness of CFRP composite. There is, however, a concern regarding possible galvanic corrosion when steel and carbon fibers are bonded together. One way to overcome this problem is placing glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite between the steel and CFRP composite, creating a more complex steel/GFRP/CFRP hybrid structure. Therefore, experimental and numerical studies on the mechanical behavior of the adhesive bonds between the steel sheet and the GFRP/CFRP hybrid composite were carried out. Among the different failure patterns, mode II was chosen for analysis because metal–polymer composite structures are usually subjected to bending, and debonding may occur due to in-plane shear stress. The tested steel/GFRP/CFRP hybrid structure was made of a hot-formed 22MnB5 boron steel sheet, intermediate single-ply bidirectional GFRP composite, and three-ply unidirectional CFRP composite. Additional mechanical tests were also carried out to determine various engineering constants of the components to simulate the debonding process. A finite element model of the steel/GFRP/CFRP hybrid structure with a typical cohesive interface was established and verified against the experimental data. The results showed that due to the use of various materials, the dominant failure modes in the hybrid structure under bending loading were a brittle fracture of the CFRP composite and debonding between the steel and the GFRP composite. However, the load-bearing capacity of the hybrid structure was five times greater than that of a non-reinforced steel sheet. In addition, its mass was only 28% greater than the non-reinforced steel sheet. The obtained results provided valuable conclusions and useful data to continue further research on the mechanical behavior of steel/GFRP/CFRP hybrid structures.

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Scope of Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Wheel Rims for Formula Student Racecars: A Finite Element Analytical approach

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Applications and Challenges of Carbon-fibres reinforced Composites: A Review

Applications and Challenges of Carbon-fibres reinforced Composites: A Review

Structural and fatigue analysis of car wheel rims with carbon fibre composites

Experimental and Numerical Study on Mechanical Behavior of Steel/GFRP/CFRP Hybrid Structure under Bending Loading with Adhesive Bond Strength Assessment

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