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Automotive Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (11): 2175-2186.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2023.11.019

Special Issue: 车身设计&轻量化&安全专题2023年

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Design Method for Vehicle Body Joints Based on Load-Bearing Characteristics of Thin Plates

Chao Wang1,Wanyuan Yu2,Aiguo Cheng1,Zhicheng He1()   

  1. 1.Hunan University,State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacture for Vehicle Body,Changsha  410082
    2.Liuzhou Vocational & Technical College,Liuzhou  545001
  • Received:2023-02-26 Revised:2023-04-06 Online:2023-11-25 Published:2023-11-27
  • Contact: Zhicheng He E-mail:hezhicheng815@163.com

Abstract:

As a key structure of the Body-in-White (BIW), a reasonable joint design is of great significance for the improvement of the load-bearing capacity of the BIW. Taking the lower joint of the B pillar as the research object, a universal structure design method for body joints based on the load-bearing characteristics of thin plates is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the load type, force transmission mode and load-bearing characteristics of the thin plate structure are described to provide a theoretical basis for the subsequent universal joint structure. Secondly, the load conditions of joints are identified through sensitivity analysis, which is used to analyze the load-bearing characteristics of the thin plate of the joint. Then the design rules for the thin plate of T-joints are established and the universal structure design of the joint is summarized. Application examples and tests show that the joint stiffness and BIW torsional stiffness is increased by 35% and 8.5% respectively, while the weight is only increased by 0.16%. The method can quickly and effectively improve joint structure design and enhance body stiffness.

Key words: thin plate, load-bearing characteristics, sensitivity analysis, universal joint structure