Parking Brake Caliper Mount FEA

Owned by Mawete Luwawu
Oct 08, 2023
2 min read

Material: AISI 4130 Steel , Annealed at 865°C

Yield Strength: 4.600e+08 N/m^2

Fixtures:

  1. On Flat Faces

  1. Virtual Wall

Loading:

Axis 1 is a reference for another part which the parking brake caliper rotates about. This axis can be selected by inserting the parking brake caliper into the suspension assembly and mating it into the correct position before selecting the correct axis of rotation.

Results:

Load Case

Maximum Stress (N/m^2)

Location

Load Case

Maximum Stress (N/m^2)

Location

1

1.686e+08

 

Recommendations:

The maximum stress is below the yield stress of the material used to make this part. No major adjustments could be made to further reduce the maximum stress.