Loading Analysis On The Front Wheel Axle Of A 2 Kw Electric Car Using The Finite Element Method With Catia V5r20 Software

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A shaft is a round rod that works as a power distributor in a stationary way that rotates, usually attached to elements such as gears, pulleys, clutches, axles and others. Shafts can accept several forms of loading depending on their placement and use such as bending loads, tensile loads, compressive loads or torsional loads working with each other. Finite element methods are numerical methods used to solve the problem of boundary values characterized by partial differential equations and boundary conditions. There are several problems that can be solved by the finite element method, including voltage problems, bends and vibration analysis. The purpose of this study is to find out the results of loading simulation on the wheel shaft using the finite element method with  Catia V5R20 software. The type of loading used on the wheel shaft is static load. The static load used comes from the passenger load and vehicle load, which is 491.33 N. The material used on the wheel shaft is AISI 1045 carbon steel. Based on the results of computational calculations, the  maximum von mises  voltage value is located at the base of the wheel shaft while  the minimum  von mises voltage value  is located at the end of the shaft. The  maximum displacement  value is 3.32 mm located at the end of the wheel shaft, while  the minimum displacement  value is 0.332 mm located at the base of the axle.