Composite Car Rear Spoiler
Kyei Minkah, Sandy (2014)
Arcada - Nylands svenska yrkeshögskola
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014121720230
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014121720230
Tiivistelmä
This thesis study was conducted using NASTRAN Software to perform a static load
analysis over a Solidworks designed composite rear spoiler with a chord length of
1400 mm. Product design methods were incorporated in the manufacturing process
of the fiberglass rear spoiler with vacuum infusion lamination of a female and male
mould encapsulated with a honeycomb core. The sandwiched material provided the
product with very low weight, high stiffness and durability.
Based on the properties of standard air, an assumption of a wind speed of 150 km/h,
with an angle of attack of 8°, Reynolds number of 6.7*105 and a downforce of
829.614 N were calculated.
A downforce of 829.614 N was used in the static load simulation and presented
graphically as downforce and stress effect. Finally, the fiberglass laminate thickness
was calculated to be 0.51 mm.
analysis over a Solidworks designed composite rear spoiler with a chord length of
1400 mm. Product design methods were incorporated in the manufacturing process
of the fiberglass rear spoiler with vacuum infusion lamination of a female and male
mould encapsulated with a honeycomb core. The sandwiched material provided the
product with very low weight, high stiffness and durability.
Based on the properties of standard air, an assumption of a wind speed of 150 km/h,
with an angle of attack of 8°, Reynolds number of 6.7*105 and a downforce of
829.614 N were calculated.
A downforce of 829.614 N was used in the static load simulation and presented
graphically as downforce and stress effect. Finally, the fiberglass laminate thickness
was calculated to be 0.51 mm.