Research Article
Fatigue Life Assessment of 65Si7 Leaf Springs: A Comparative Study
Table 7
Comparison of experimental and CAE results.
| | Load type | Load (N) | Experimental results | CAE results |
% age variation between CAE and Experimental results | | Deflection | Stress | Deflection | Stress | Deflection | Stress |
| | Unladen load | 7661 | 46.9 | 262 | 44.9 | 270.74 | 4.3 | 3.3 | | Design/Rated load | 12959 | 81.44 | 446 | 76.05 | 458 | 6.6 | 2.7 | | Flat load | 15754 | 99 | 540 | 92.45 | 556.83 | 6.6 | 3.1 | | Rubber touching load | 21645.7 | 136 | 743 | 127.02 | 765 | 6.6 | 3.0 | | Metal to metal contact load | 28010 | 176 | 941 | 164.36 | 989.89 | 6.6 | 5.2 |
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