Abstract
AbstractNew methods for testing air springs have received a lot of interest in recent years. In this article APDL (ANSYS parametric design language) was utilized to simulate static and dynamic test process of air springs. In the simulation, multiple load steps solution was carried out through APDL *DO‐LOOP and array parameter method. The program (capsule volume calculating macro) based on scatter sum method enabled the loop. The scalar quantity PRESSURE was established as inner tracking parameter to update inner pressure. Table parameter PRESSURES was established as inner pressure output parameter to export inner pressure of each load step. According to rubber elastic behavior and cord‐rubber composite aeolotropy, hyper elastic element and layer element were preferred for simulation. Comparison was done between static simulation results and corresponding test data to prove feasibility of multistep analysis. In consequence, some major parameters such as cord angle, initial inner pressure, and auxiliary chamber volume were taken into account, which have remarkable effect on static mechanical performance of EQ6111 air spring. Finally, the same method was applied to the simulation of dynamic test process, achieving abundant analysis results according to every 0.5 Hz increment of load frequencies varying from 0.5 to 2.5 Hz. Load frequency threw remarkable effect on the dynamic mechanical performance of EQ6111 air spring, because inertial effect and damping effect played important roles therein. The study aims to make contribution to the development of platform of air spring simulation and parameterized design (PASSPD). © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009
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