Fender Design Challenge
DESIGN OF FRONT FENDER-
OBJECTIVE-
To develop the front fender using Nx cad following the design parameters.
INTRODUCTION -
Front fender is a part of the vehicle that frames the wheel. the primary purpose of the fender is to prevent sand, mud ock etc from being thrown away into the air by rotating tire . fender can be of two types, full bumper type and half umper type. nowadays half bumper type fender is typically used. the cost of sheet metal blank is reduced as we an produce two half bumper type fender in single blank. this also leads to reduction of scrap.
DESIGN PARAMETERS -
The front fender is manufactured as a separate part, this is then mounted to the body of car, for this the front fender basically has 5 mounting points, but this mounting points can differ from OEm to another OEM below is the points -
• Drip area-
Drip area mounting is the important part in the fender. this mounting is attached to the engine compartment of the car. fender drip area is mounted via weldnuts to the engine compartment a min of 150mm distance is kept from the front side and a distance 300mm or less can be kept on the rear side. the total length of drip area from the top of fender should be less than 40mm, this is to avoid the springback during the manufacturing. the edge of the mounting should atleast 10mm away from any nearby component in the engine. a rigidity bead is provided at the end to increase the strength of the mounting.
A-pillar area -
The A-pillar area mounting depends upon the A-pillar of the car. the mounting can also be provided with ribs to strengthen the part. this mounting is critical in design as it has to be mounted on A-pillar properly
• Body side area-
Another mounting point is created for the body side on the fender. this mounting is created such that it can be mounted on the body of he car. it may consist of one or two bolting holes
• Sill area -
Sill area mounting is also an important mounting part this mounting point is basically on the bottom of the fender. the mounting part should be created such that the fender is firmly attached to the sill.
• Cowl area -
Sometimes fender is also provided with the cow area mounting. this mounting is on the top side of the fender.
DESIGN PROCEDURE.-
Input - we have the outer skin of fender as our input.
1) Drip area -
• The height of drip area mounting should be less than 40mm so that it reduces the springback effect during manufacturing.
• The edge of the mounting part should be atleast 10mm away from the nearby components in the engine.
• It should be distanced atleast 150mm from the front side ande 200m from the rear side.
• Ribs should be provided in order to increase the strength of the mounting part.
• Bead is provided at the outeredge to increase the rigidity of part.
2) A-pillar-
• Ribs are provided in order to increase the strength of A-pillar mounting point.
• Other factors for the mounting flange will depend upon the A-pillar design of car.
3) Bumper side -
4) Sill area mounting -
5) Baffle mounting -
• For improvement of NVH in car, usually a baffle is mounted on the fender of the car. it is mounted on the wheel arch area.
Note - All the sketches should be fully constrained
- Appropriate feature groups should be created for future works.
- Distance should be maintained between two holes following the design rule of 2*r (radius of hole) or more than 2r.
Output -
CONCLUSION -
We have developed front fender with mounting points following the design parameters and mastersection.