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Quantifying the variability in stiffness and damping of an automotive vehicle's trim-structure mounts
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posted on 2016-09-23, 10:15 authored by Ali Abolfathi, Daniel O'BoyDaniel O'Boy, Stephen Walsh, Amy Dowsett, Stephen A. FisherSmall plastic clips are used in large numbers in automotive vehicles to connect interior trims to vehicle structures. The variability in their properties can contribute to the overall variability in noise and vibration response of the vehicle. The variability arises due to their material and manufacturing tolerances and more importantly due to the boundary condition. To measure their stiffness and damping, a simple experimental rig is used where a mass is supported by the clip which is modelled as a single degree of freedom system. The rig is designed in a way that it simulates the boundary condition as those of the real vehicle. The variability in clip and also due to the boundary condition at the structure side is first examined which is 7% for stiffness and 8% for damping. To simulate the connection of the trim side, a mount is built using a 3D printer. Rattling occurs in the response of the clips with loose connections, however by preloading the mount the effective stiffness increases and the rattling is eliminated. The variability due to the boundary condition at the trim side was as large as 40% for stiffness and 52% for damping.
Funding
This work was supported by Jaguar Land Rover and the UK-EPSRC grant EP/K014102/1 as part of the jointly funded Programme for Simulation Innovation.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
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12th International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural DynamicsCitation
ABOLFATHI, A. ...et al., 2016. Quantifying the variability in stiffness and damping of an automotive vehicle's trim-structure mounts. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 744 (1), paper 012197Publisher
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2016-07-03Publication date
2016-10-03Notes
This open access paper was presented at the 12th International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, University of Southampton, July 3-6th. It is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence.ISSN
1742-6588Publisher version
Language
- en