Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회논문집)

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Life Prediction of Automotive Vehicle's W/H System Using Finite Element Analysis

차량용 와이어하네스의 유한요소해석을 이용한 대변형 내구수명 예측

  • 김병삼 (호서대학교 자동차공학과) ;
  • 강기준 (호서대학교 자동차공학과) ;
  • 박경우 (호서대학교 자동차공학과) ;
  • 노광두 (호서대학교 자동차공학과)
  • Received : 2009.06.26
  • Accepted : 2009.09.21
  • Published : 2010.01.01
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Abstract

In the automotive electronic industry, the development of vehicle's door wiring harness (W/H) system for new applications is driven continuously for the low-cost and the high strength performance for electronic components. The problem of the fatigue strength estimation for materials and components containing natural defects, inclusions, or inhomogeneities is of great importance both scientifically and industrially. This article gives some insight into the dimensioning process with special focus on the fatigue analysis of wiring harness (W/H) in vehicle's door structures. The results from endurance tests using slim test specimens were compared with the results from FEM for predicted fatigue life. The expectation for the life of components is affected by the microstructural features with complex stress state arising from the combined service loading and residual stresses.

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