DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF RADIATOR MOUNTING BRACKETS OF AUTOMOBILE COOLING SYSTEM

Abstract

With the automotive cooling 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 dynamic analysis is proposed in the simulation of the automobile radiator mounting brackets for the vibration loads. The mounting brackets has been analysed using the standard testing conditions. The results revealed that the radiator mounting brackets 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, new mounting brackets are analysed and optimized.