Fender Design - Wheel Arch Challenge

FENDER WHEEL ARCH-

The term "fender wheel arch" refers to the curved, raised portion of a vehicle's bodywork that surrounds the wheel and tire. It is commonly found on cars, trucks, and other vehicles to provide clearance and protection for the wheels.The design of the wheel arch of the fender should be such that it must shield wheels and protect both passengers compartment and pedestarians from the projection of watr, mud and stones.The wheel arch area of the fender is usually designed as a cover or shield over the tyre along its perimeter to stop any debris or stones ,dirt,sand,snow,etc,from getting thrown into the vehicle or the BIW area as well as outside the vehicle and onto other vehicles or pedestarians on the road.

The European regulations requires a pre-determined clearance or a minimum distance of 10mm to be maintained between the fender and respective tyre at particular points, along the tyre profile as shown below:

STEPS FOLLOWED IN CREATING THE SKETCH REQUIREMENT FOR EUROPEAN STANDARDS

1. A Horizontal and vertical axis is drawn from the centre of the wheel.
2. The vertical axis intersection point is labelled as A.
3. Similar references are drawn at 30 degrees to left and 50 degree to the right and named it as B and C respectively.
4. A line of 150mm is drawn perpendicular to the horizontal axis and normal from the normal point on fender which gives point E.
5. The midpoint of the arc cut by the sections C and E results in a new section D.
6. The value of 'L' at each section and the value of 'a 'are found out to detrmine whether the fender satisfies the european standards as shown below.

VALUE OF L AT B SECTION-

VALUE OF L AT A SECTION-

VALUE OF L AT C SECTION-

VALUE OF L AT D SECTION-

VALUE OF L AT E SECTION

THE VALUES AT C,D AND E SECTIONS ARE NEGATIVE VALUES.

CONCLUSION -

THE FENDER FAILS AS THE VALUES DOES NOT LIE IN BETWEEN THE VALUES OF THE EUROPEAN STANDARD.