A simulation method to estimate closing forces in car-sealing rubber elements
- Ordieres-Meré, J. 1
- Muñoz-Munilla, V. 2
- Bello-García, A. 3
- González-Marcos, A. 4
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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- 2 Engineering Department, Kaufil Sealing Technologies S.A., Polígono La Portalada s/n., 26006 Logroño, Spain
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Universidad de Oviedo
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Universidad de La Rioja
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ISSN: 0143-3369
Argitalpen urtea: 2012
Alea: 59
Zenbakia: 4
Orrialdeak: 249-271
Mota: Artikulua
beta Ver similares en nube de resultadosBeste argitalpen batzuk: International Journal of Vehicle Design
Laburpena
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.