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<p>The technical conditions and service life of steering elements of vehicles are an important factor directly affecting road safety. Therefore, high reliability of such kind’s components is required. In the paper, on the basis of the stand test, the fatigue durability of a ball joint of a steering tie rod is determined. It is elaborated together with a prediction for the further number of cycles, enabling to determine the technical state of the tested component containing its service life. The aim of the article is to select an appropriate mathematical model with respect to describing the relationship between the moment of force and the fatigue cycles performed for the ball joint of a steering rod of a vehicle with a GVW above 3.5 tonnes, and identifying the model’s parameters. As a result, the limit number of loading cycles after which the examined joint does not meet safety requirements is estimated.</p>
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The technical conditions and service life of steering elements of vehicles are an important factor directly affecting road safety. Therefore, high reliability of such kind’s components is required. In the paper, on the basis of the stand test, the fatigue durability of a ball joint of a steering tie rod is determined. It is elaborated together with a prediction for the further number of cycles, enabling to determine the technical state of the tested component containing its service life. The aim of the article is to select an appropriate mathematical model with respect to describing the relationship between the moment of force and the fatigue cycles performed for the ball joint of a steering rod of a vehicle with a GVW above 3.5 tonnes, and identifying the model’s parameters. As a result, the limit number of loading cycles after which the examined joint does not meet safety requirements is estimated.

Predicting the Fatigue Life of a Ball Joint

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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The technical conditions and service life of steering elements of vehicles are an important factor directly affecting road safety. Therefore, high reliability...

Predicting the Fatigue Life of a Ball Joint

Published Online: Nov 20, 2021

Page range: 453 - 460

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0035

Keywords
prediction, fatigue life, ball joint, steering road, mathematical model, linear regression

© 2021 Kozłowski Edward et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Predicting the Fatigue Life of a Ball Joint

Published Online: Nov 20, 2021

Page range: 453 - 460

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0035

Keywordsprediction, fatigue life, ball joint, steering road, mathematical model, linear regression

© 2021 Kozłowski Edward et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
prediction, fatigue life, ball joint, steering road, mathematical model, linear regression