Abstract :
The wheel is a device that empowers efficient movement of an object over a surface where there is a force
acting on the item to the surface. Though there are various types of wheels are being used, presently each vehicle
was composed with composite wheels which are more efficient and effective than the conventional spokes wheels.
In this work, the designing of rim is carried out using the CATIA modeling software. There are two variants of wheel
rims: the first one, widely known as hub or solid rim, is employed in regular vehicles and the other modified one,
commonly known as the modified spokes rim, is being employed in modern vehicles. In this paper, an investigation
has been made to optimize the mass of the hub rim through the use of finite element analysis. The rims are analyzed
in ANSYS by using three types of materials (i.e., Al alloy, Mg alloy and steel alloy).
Keyword :
Wheel rim, Stress, Deformation, Strain Analysis.