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Case Studies | Mechanical Engineering | India | Volume 4 Issue 9, September 2015

A Study on Load Transfer during Acceleration and De-Acceleration on a Tri-Axle Vehicle

Sree Harsha Bharadwaj Hotur

Abstract: Transportation has been a major requirement in off high way conditions. Off highway vehicles are the one which has its gross vehicle weight greater than the on- highway vehicle and has to travel in different terrain conditions under laden and un-laden conditions. Hence the design, in which the vehicle has to be made from the conceptual stage of product development to the final production must undergo many design iterations to meet the desired needs. Finally, analysis of the same has to be performed in different analysis simulation software in order to realize the effect of loads on the vehicle. In fact, this paper describes the analytical methodology to analyze the effect of load on the vehicle axles (front axle and the rear tandem axle) during two conditions a) accelerating b) de-accelerating and a case study with graphs has been performed in order to realize the same.

Keywords: GVW gross vehicle weight, Tandem axle, stiffness, reaction force

Edition: Volume 4 Issue 9, September 2015,

Pages: 1531 - 1533