This paper addresses the issue of not being able to quickly determine the parameters of the main spring
under the required static stiffness during the early design stage of the rubber suspension of the powertrain, and
improving its fatigue life. A method using Taguchi design and finite element analysis is proposed. Orthogonal
experimental design of rubber suspension parameters is conducted using Minitab, and a finite element model is
established in ABAQUS to analyze the vertical (V-direction) static stiffness of the suspension. The goal is to improve
the number of fatigue lives under the condition of meeting the set target stiffness of the suspension. Through
regression analysis, the relationship between vertical static stiffness, fatigue life, and various parameters is obtained,
and the response function of stiffness and fatigue life is established. Using the response optimizer, the parameters of
the main spring are obtained. Through finite element analysis, it is found that the fatigue life of the suspension has
increased by 62.76% within the allowable range of static stiffness, providing a reference for the early design and
development of rubber suspensions.
DAI Jian-hui, SONG Chong-zhi, WANG Long-yu
. Static Stiffness Analysis and Fatigue Life Prediction of Rubber Suspension Based on DOE
and CAE Technologies[J]. Journal of Chaohu University, 2023
, 25(6)
: 117
-122
.
DOI: 10.12152/j.issn.1672-2868.2023.06.015