Lightweight Research on Aluminum Alloy Material of Rear Axle Differential

Aluminum and other materials are used more widely with the improvement of car’s weight reduction requirements and the high speed development of new materials. Differential housing is one of the important parts of automobiles drive axle, it is still heavy despite many optimization and improvement bec...

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Published in:Key Engineering Materials 2016-12, Vol.723, p.294-298, Article 294
Main Authors: Xu, Jin Li, Zhu, Ding Jun, He, Qiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum alloys
Aluminum base alloys
Automobiles
Automotive engineering
Finite element method
Fuel consumption
High speed
Housing
Lightweight
Nodular iron
Optimization
Shafts (machine elements)
Weight reduction
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Summary:Aluminum and other materials are used more widely with the improvement of car’s weight reduction requirements and the high speed development of new materials. Differential housing is one of the important parts of automobiles drive axle, it is still heavy despite many optimization and improvement because that it is produced by ductile iron. Aluminum alloy material used in the differential housing are studied with FEA. The analysis results show that the weight is reduced by 60%, and a reference is provided for the lightweight of automobile.
ISSN:1013-9826
1662-9795
1662-9795
DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.723.294