Fender Design - Wheel Arch Challenge
Objective: Calculating Wheel Arch area and Find out whether the car will pass the standards or Not.
Explanation:
When vehicle is moving tire pick up stones and others and hurt them in all direction. Fenders are basically present to prevent any injuries to pedestrians and constrain the motion of these particles.
The wheel arch for every region is different ass every region has different regulations. Condition of road is one of the main factor in defining this regulations.
For this project of calculation of wheel arch area, I choose European regulations. For meeting the requirement of the European regulation, all the five sections (SA, SB, SC, SD, SE) of wheel arch should be 10 mm outward than the wheel’s outward surface.
Measurements:
SA measurement:
SB measurement:
SC measurement:
SD measurement:
SE measurement: 
Observation Table:
|
Length |
Measured Distance |
Correction Required |
Result |
|
SA |
9.9489 |
+0.0514 |
Fail |
|
SB |
10.000 |
0.0000 |
Pass |
|
SC |
0.1126 |
+9.8874 |
Fail |
|
SD |
2.8468 |
+7.1532 |
Fail |
|
SE |
5.9018 |
+4.0982 |
Fail |
Conclusion:
Out of the 5 lengths the front fender failed to meet requirement in 4 naming SA, SC, SD, SE and meet requirement in only one length SB. So, styling team should adjust the curve of Wheel Arch to meet the requirement.