자동차의 고무부품 중의 하나인 스트라트방진고무의 특성 평가를 위하여 유한요소해석과 피로 수명시험을 실시하였다. 유한요소해석에 필요한 변형률에너지함수의 계수를 결정하기 위하여 인장, 압축 및 전단시험을 실시하였으며, 유한요소해석 결과로부터 변형 양성 및 취약 부위를 예측하였다. 부품의 피로수명시험 결과로부터 하중-수명 관계를 얻었으며, 피로파손 부위는 유한요소해석에서 예측된 취약 부위와 잘 일치하였다.
A strut rubber insulator is used in a suspension component of passenger cars. The uni-axial tension, compression, and the shear test were performed to acquire the constants of the strain energy functions which were Mooney-Rivlin model and Ogden model. The finite element analysis was executed to evaluate the behavior of deformation and stress distribution by using the commercial finite element code MARC ver K6.2. Also, the fatigue tests were carried out to obtain the fatigue life-load curve. The fatigue failure was initiated at the folded position of rubber, which was the same result predicted by the finite element analysis.
