A simulation method to estimate closing forces in car-sealing rubber elements

  1. Ordieres-Meré, J. 1
  2. Muñoz-Munilla, V. 2
  3. Bello-García, A. 3
  4. González-Marcos, A. 4
  1. 1 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03n6nwv02

  2. 2 Engineering Department, Kaufil Sealing Technologies S.A., Polígono La Portalada s/n., 26006 Logroño, Spain
  3. 3 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

  4. 4 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

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Revista:
International Journal of Vehicle Design

ISSN: 0143-3369

Año de publicación: 2012

Volumen: 59

Número: 4

Páginas: 249-271

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2012.048979 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84866057731 WoS: WOS:000308706200001 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: International Journal of Vehicle Design

Resumen

The door-closing process can reinforce the impression of a solid, rock-proof, car body or of a rather cheap, flimsy vehicle. As there are no real prototypes during rubber profile bidding-out stages, engineers need to carry out non-linear numerical simulations that involve complex phenomena as well as static and dynamic loads for several profile candidates. This paper presents a structured virtual design tool based on FEM, including constitutive laws and incompressibility constraints allowing to predict more realistically the final closing forces and even to estimate sealing overpressure as an additional guarantee of noise insulation. Comparisons with results of physical tests are performed. Copyright © 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.