Abstract
The cornering fatigue test of commercial vehicle steel wheel is modeled and simulated by finite element method in this paper. The influence of interference stress between wheel disc and rim on the simulation results is analyzed. The interference stress is taken as predefined fields to superimpose with the stress generated by the bending load. Then the influence of two different superposition methods defining the interference stress as the average stress and the predefined fields on the stress in dangerous area of the wheel is compared. The results show that the interference stress has a significant effect on the stress state of the wheel and increases the amplitude of symmetric cyclic stress, which directly affects the prediction of fatigue life of the wheel. Therefore, the interference stress must be taken into consideration in the simulation analysis of cornering fatigue test. The influence of different interference stress superposition methods on the stress variation in the dangerous area is obviously different. The method which superimposes interference stress as predefined fields with the stress generated by the bending load is more consistent with the actual assembling and loading process of the wheel. Therefore, this paper provides a reasonable method for the simulation of cornering fatigue test, which can provide more accurate stress simulation results for the prediction of cornering fatigue life of the wheel.