The customer perception about the door slam noise and its feel would indicate the brand image of the car. In this paper the authors have made an effort to improve the door slam noise quality of the vehicle, which is currently in production. This paper describes the probable areas in the door to improve the slam noise quality by attempting modifications in the door design factors, such as door alignments, door panel stiffness, door trims, window glass rattle, latch striker alignment, door seals, air extractor. Since the door closing event is a transient phenomenon, it requires special tools such as wavelet transforms, Zwicker loudness to understand the slam events precisely. Subjective jury evaluations have been conducted to understand the effect of these modifications and rank the modifications based on their contributions to the door slam quality.
Experimental Approach to Improve the Door Slam Noise Quality in Utility Vehicles
Sae Technical Papers
Symposium on International Automotive Technology 2013 ; 2013
2013-01-09
Conference paper
English
Experimental Approach to Improve the Door Slam Noise Quality in Utility Vehicles
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