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Finite Element Analysis and Optimal Design of Automobile Clutch Diaphragm Spring
Technical Paper
2000-05-0125
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Abstract
A diaphragm spring is an important component of a clutch assembly, characteristic of which depends largely on that of a diaphragm spring. A diaphragm spring is subject to high stress concentration in driving condition, which frequently causes cracks and fracture around finger area. In this paper, behavior of a diaphragm spring is analyzed by finite element method to calculate sensitivity of design parameters, which is used to perform optimal design of diaphragm spring shape. As an object function, tangential stresses are taken and minimized to improve durability. Characteristics of the diaphragm is used as equality constraint to maintain the original design purpose and sequential linear programming(SLP) is utilized as an optimization tool. With optimized design, it is verified that concentrated stress is decreased maintaining release load characteristic.
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- Wook-hee NAM - 1) VALEO-Pyeonghwa Co., Ltd. KOREA 2-4) YEUNGNAM University, KOREA
- Choon-yeol LEE - 1) VALEO-Pyeonghwa Co., Ltd. KOREA 2-4) YEUNGNAM University, KOREA
- Young S. CHAI - 1) VALEO-Pyeonghwa Co., Ltd. KOREA 2-4) YEUNGNAM University, KOREA
- Jae-do KWON - 1) VALEO-Pyeonghwa Co., Ltd. KOREA 2-4) YEUNGNAM University, KOREA
Citation
NAM, W., LEE, C., CHAI, Y., and KWON, J., "Finite Element Analysis and Optimal Design of Automobile Clutch Diaphragm Spring," SAE Technical Paper 2000-05-0125, 2000.Also In
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