Development of a Computerized Digital Resonance Fatigue Test Controller with Load Feedback Management 2006-01-1620
In this report, the DCX Stress Lab and the Tool Development & Test Support groups investigated automating a resonant bending crankshaft fatigue test. Fatigue testing, in general, is a laborious process since many samples are needed for analysis. This makes development cost and speed dependant on the component test efficiency. In the case of crankshaft resonant bending testing, both cost and speed are influenced by the manual feedback operation needed to run the current procedure. In order to increase the efficiency of this process, this project sought to automate the following tasks: maintaining the load on the part, reacting to resonance changes in the part, mapping resonance changes, logging the number of cycles, and discerning resonance frequency shift failure modes objectively. An analog I/O frequency reader/generator controlled with control software developed by the DCX Stress Lab and the Tool Development & Test Support groups proved to run this resonance fatigue test successfully.
Citation: Patel, R. and Spiteri, P., "Development of a Computerized Digital Resonance Fatigue Test Controller with Load Feedback Management," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-1620, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-1620. Download Citation
Author(s):
Rajesh K. Patel, Paul V. Spiteri
Affiliated:
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Pages: 12
Event:
SAE 2006 World Congress & Exhibition
Also in:
Experiments in Automotive Engineering - Experimental Test-SP-2033, SAE 2006 Transactions Journal of Materials and Manufacturing-V115-5