Fender Design Challenge

fender is also called as quater panel it is the part which is in between the front bumper and the front passenger door, same near rear. it is mainly there to protect the engine part, side colllision of passenger and to prevent the dirt and debris falling on to the inside parts and creating damages to the internal parts, it is attached with a baffle with the help of push pins.

here the part considered in topic is front side fenders.

it can be differentiated into 2 types,

front full side fender -

half front side fender -

instead of ful side fender type half side fender are used because of cost as well as the safety featurre.

some of features used in designing side fender are,

trim sheet

law extension

curve on surface

face blend

edge blend

projected curve

emboss

extend sheet

sew

in fender design , 5 major area are covered in design -

1. piller mounting area

2. sill mounting area

3. bumper mounting area

4. drip area

5. splash cover mounting area

1. piller mounting area- its a vertical support on vehicle. these are important for holding glass and adding structural integrity to vehicle, primary to roof. it holds the windshield in place.

2. sill mounting area - this mounting area links to the under side of front door of vehicle. screwed bolts are used in fixing.

3. bumper mounting area - this connects fender to the front bumper and holds it firmlu ate edges.

4.drip area - it is the area of fender where it attched to the engine compartment area ther are some standards for modelling the drip area,

from the rear of the side fender the length of gap of drip area should be at least 200 mm.

from the front of fender, the gap of drip area should be at least 150 mm.

the length of the drip inside the fender connecting to engine compartment should be less than 40 mm.

from the farthest point of drip design to the engine it should be around 5*10 mm gap .

the distance from the front bonnet to drip area it should be ay least 200 mm gap for opearator to fix it to engine compartment.

the angle between the fender inner edge to bonnet edge is 5* for blocking the visibility of the inner parts.

between the fender edge corner and bonnet edge corner the is angle tilt of 3*.

and darts are added in between the embossed the give move strength to the drip area.

5. splash corner mounting area - it is the area near wheele arch that iis present to mount plastic part called baffle via push pins to prevent dirt and debris hitting the engine compartment.

images of the above descriptions attached below,