Design and structural analysis of non-pneumatic tyres for different structures of polyurethane spokes

Journal of Engineering and Applied Science - Tập 69 Số 1 - 2022
Muhammad Zulqarnain Haider Ali1, Muhammad Maarij1, Azhar Hussain1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan

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AbstractNPTs have vast applications because of no tyre puncture, no need for air pressure, low rolling resistance, and also have higher flexibility for design and recyclability. In this research work, different structures of polyurethane (PU) spokes have been designed and analyzed under radial loading conditions which include structures like honeycomb with varying cell angles, simple spoke, and trapezoid type by keeping in view that the cell wall thickness and somehow the mass of the structures remain the same. Based on the Mooney-Rivlin hyper-elastic material model and performing 2D non-linear static structural analysis on different types of NPTs using ANSYS, it has been observed that the simple spoke structure has the lowest spoke stress and deformation values of 2.01 MPa and 11.7 mm, while HC–A1 has the least value of strain energy of 2.58 mJ, at a load of 2500 N. The above results show that the straight spoke structures like simple spoke and trapezoid type have a high load-carrying ability than the honeycomb type NPTs under same boundary conditions. While honeycomb NPTs have higher fatigue life as compared to straight-spoke NPTs.

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