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Life Prediction of Automotive Vehicle's W/H System Using Finite Element Analysis  

Kim, Byeong-Sam (Department of Automotive Engineering, Hoseo University)
Kang, Ki-Jun (Department of Automotive Engineering, Hoseo University)
Park, Kyoung-Woo (Department of Automotive Engineering, Hoseo University)
Noh, Kwang-Doo (Department of Automotive Engineering, Hoseo University)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers / v.18, no.1, 2010 , pp. 139-144 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the automotive electronic industry, the development of vehicle's door wiring harness (W/H) system for new applications is driven continuously for the low-cost and the high strength performance for electronic components. The problem of the fatigue strength estimation for materials and components containing natural defects, inclusions, or inhomogeneities is of great importance both scientifically and industrially. This article gives some insight into the dimensioning process with special focus on the fatigue analysis of wiring harness (W/H) in vehicle's door structures. The results from endurance tests using slim test specimens were compared with the results from FEM for predicted fatigue life. The expectation for the life of components is affected by the microstructural features with complex stress state arising from the combined service loading and residual stresses.
Keywords
Wiring harness system; Finite element analysis; Durability analysis;
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