Dynamic Analysis of Condenser Assembly of Automobile Air Conditioning System Using CAE Tools

Abstract

With the automotive air-conditioning industry aiming at higher levels of quality, cost effectiveness and a short time to market, the need for simulation is at an all time high. In the present work, the use of dynamics analysis technique is proposed in the simulation of the automobile air conditioning condenser assembly for the vibration loads. The condenser assembly has been analyzed using the standard testing conditions. The results revealed that the components of condenser assembly may fail due to resonance in dynamic analysis, but in the static analysis, resonance cannot be predicted under the same magnitude of load. Therefore, dynamic analysis gives a realistic method for its design validation. With the use of the above methodology, a new condenser assembly is analyzed and optimized.