Research and development of the accelerated fatigue testing of a vehicle roof carrier system (Rhino Rack)

Project Member(s): Halkon, B.

Funding or Partner Organisation: RHINO RACK AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
RHINO RACK AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED

Start year: 2021

Summary: Research, develop and implement an accelerated fatigue testing protocol which takes existing raw time data from 300 laps of a vehicle test track, processes them into six degree-of-freedom data, converts the ca. 50 hr test duration into a reduced timeframe Shock Response Spectra (a standard process for this kind of activity) and runs the test on the Multi-Axis Simulation Table (MAST) at UTS Tech Lab. The project will complete the exercise for a single system for a specific vehicle variant which is an OEM solution for a Toyota. The project will also distill this methodology research and development down into a process for subsequent "contract testing" which can be undertaken using technical support and existing infrastructure at UTS Tech Lab.

Publications:

Zhou, S, Halkon, B, Guo, Z & Eager, D 2024, 'Transient waveform replication for flexible structures in shaker testing using time-domain convolution techniques'.

Halkon, B, Zhou, S & Walker, P UTS 2021, Research and development of the accelerated fatigue testing of a vehicle roof carrier system, UTS.

FOR Codes: Dynamics, vibration and vibration control, Automotive Equipment

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