Fender Design - Wheel Arch Challenge
Fender- Fender is the U.S English term for the part of an automobile vehicle body that frames a wheel well. Its primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rock, liquids and other road spry from being thrown into the air by the rotating tire.
Types of Fender
- Full bumper type
- Half bumper type
Japan Regulations Requirement
Measure clearance L of tire, hub, cap, and fender in there different position with area k and produce clearance check chart to validates. Clearance must be grater than 5mm in all the three position. Wheel guard requirement is the value of ‘a’ shall be more than 5mm at a line 30* forward and 50* rearward from the central vertical axis of axis wheel.
European Regulations Requirement
Measure CL L at section SA-SA SB-SB SC-SC SD-SD SE-SE and produce CL check chart to validate. At all five section the CL L value should be greater then 10mm to satisfy the European regulation. Wheel guard requirement is the value of ‘a’ shall be more than 5mm at a line 30* forward and 50* rearward from the central vertical axis of axis of wheel.
US Regulation Requirement
Make clearance check details on all position from -100* to100* and make the clearance check table. All value should be greater than 5mm to satisfy the regulations. The value of ‘a’ line 30* forward and 50* rearward from the central vertical axis of axis wheel.
So here we are going to use the European standard
| Drip area | Standard value | Measure value | status |
| A- A' | 10mm | 10mm | Pass |
| B-B' | 10mm | 0.114mm | Fail |
| C-C' | 10mm | 1.655mm | Fail |
| D-D' | 10mm | 3.308mm | Fail |
| Clearence value | Standard value | Measure value | Status |
| M-M' | 5mm< than | 49.656mm | Pass |
| N-N' | 5mm< than | 43.357mm | Pass |
| O-O' | 5mm<than | 45.77mm | Pass |
| P-P' | 5mm<than | 48.435mm | Pass |
