Static analysis of automotive wheel rim of different designs

This paper deals with how different design of the Tire wheel affects the displacement distribution, equivalent (von-mises) stress, strain and safety factor of the wheel. It is difficult to estimate these all data by using elementary mechanical approximations. For this purpose, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is generally used in the design stage of product development. The 3-dimensional Models of the wheel was designed in modeling software SOLIDWORKS 2019 and further it was imported to the ANSYS 16.0 by using parasolid format, the finite element analysis of the model was done by meshing the models using solid mesh. The static condition was chosen for the analysis system. Wheel was constrained in all degree of freedom at the bolt. The 0.241317 MPa pressure was applied on the outer rim surface of the wheel. In the analysis structural steel material was used and to find life and safety factor fatigue module was used.