Modal Analysis, Fatigue Analysis and Optimization of Tractor Drop Arm Using FEM

The Drop Arm is part of the steering component in a Tractor. It is connected to the sector shaft and moves in angular motion with the help of the sector shaft. This motion causes the wheels to move left or right, depending on which way the steering wheel is moved. It is important you have your drop...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inInternational journal for research in applied science and engineering technology Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 3347 - 3356
Main Authors Inamke, Raviraj, Nath, N. K., Arakerimath, R. R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.04.2022
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:The Drop Arm is part of the steering component in a Tractor. It is connected to the sector shaft and moves in angular motion with the help of the sector shaft. This motion causes the wheels to move left or right, depending on which way the steering wheel is moved. It is important you have your drop arm in good working condition because poor steering can be hazardous to you and those around you. A performance study will be carried to perform Failure, Fatigue & Modal Analysis of pitman arm using Ansys. The structural optimization will be done on the drop arm by changing the structure of pitman arm by modifying the geometry where stress values are critical. The meshing and boundary conditions will be applied and analysis will be carried out using Ansys 16.0. Keywords: Finite element analysis, Fatigue analysis, Modal analysis, Drop arm, FEM.
ISSN:2321-9653
2321-9653
DOI:10.22214/ijraset.2022.42073