Fender Design

Fender Design

FENDER: Fender is the part of a car that protects and frames its wheels and keeps mud from splashing it. Most modern vehicles have fenders on their front wheels. It is the part of a car, truck or motorcycle that surrounds the wheel sell. The primary function of a fender is to prevent dirt and debris from being thrown into the air by the tire. The fender is located over the wheels of the vehicle. As such, there are four fenders on a typical vehicle: front right, front left, rear right and rear left.

Fender Types

 

Full Bumper Type and

Half Bumper Type

Currently automotive industries using half bumper type fender, because it reduces blank area when compare to full bumper type.

We can produce two fenders with slight increase in blank sheet area and also it reduces steel weight to the car so ultimately cost and overall weight of vehicle reduces.

By using half bumper type fender, it allows to use more plastics instead of steel. Because every inch of steel is cost.

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Fender Mounting Areas

Basically, fender is mounted on the following areas.

1.Body

2.A pillar

3.Sill

4.Cowl

5.Drip

Basically, fender is the styling part of the car so generally is it designed and manufactured in house only, the mounting areas will not disturb the aesthetics of the car.

Most important mounting area of the fender is drip area, It is the connection of fender with the engine compartment.

Design Requirement for the front fender drip area

Rear area of the fender needed 200 mm length because cowl area comes over there it accompanies with wipers and associates and front area of the fender needed 150 mm area head lamp housing comes so rest area, we can use for the drip area.

Drip mounting can be created with the master section given.