This paper is a discussion about automotive suspension coil springs, their fundamental stress distribution, materials characteristic, manufacturing and common failures. An in depth discussion on the parameters influencing the quality of coil springs is also presented. Following the trend of the auto industry to continuously achieve weight reduction, coil springs are not exempt. A consequence of the weight reduction effort is the need to employ spring materials with significantly larger stresses compared to similar designs decades ago. Utilizing a higher strength of steel possesses both advantages and disadvantages. The advantages include the freedom to design coil springs at higher levels of stress and more complex stresses. Disadvantages of employing materials with higher levels of stress come from the stresses themselves. A coil's failure to perform its function properly can be more catastrophic than if the coil springs are used in lower stress. As the stress level is increased, material and manufacturing quality becomes more critical. Material cleanliness that was not a major issue decades ago now becomes significant. Decarburization that was not a major issue in the past now becomes essential. To assure that a coil spring serves its design, failure analysis of broken coil springs is valuable both for the short and long term agenda of car manufacturer and parts suppliers. This paper discusses several case studies of suspension spring failures. The failures presented range from the very basic including insufficient load carrying capacity, raw material defects such as excessive inclusion levels, and manufacturing defects such as delayed quench cracking, to failures due to complex stress usage and chemically induced failure. FEA of stress distributions around typical failure initiation sites are also presented.


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    Titel :

    Design and failure modes of automotive suspension springs


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Auslegung und Ausfallarten von Tragfedern im Automobilbau


    Beteiligte:
    Prawoto, Y. (Autor:in) / Ikeda, M. (Autor:in) / Manville, S.K. (Autor:in) / Nishikawa, A. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Engineering Failure Analysis ; 15 , 8 ; 1155-1174


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008


    Format / Umfang :

    20 Seiten, 29 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 6 Quellen



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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