Fatigue model of a disc valve system used in shock absorbers
by Piotr Czop; Damian Sławik
International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems (IJHVS), Vol. 24, No. 4, 2017

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to formulate and validate a fatigue damage model applicable to disc spring valve systems used in automotive and railway hydraulic shock absorbers. The valve consists of a stack of thin disc springs of varying diameters which are designed to provide a controlled annular flow through a valve system. A disc spring stack is subjected to fatigue damage therefore it has to be accurately designed and validated to provide the required fatigue damage performance and minimise failure risk of shock absorber. The fatigue model developed in this work facilitates a virtual valve system pre-selection process to reduce the required testing capacity, i.e., the number of long-term and expensive fatigue tests performed on servo-hydraulic testing machines. The model accuracy was evaluated using the experimental high-cycle fatigue tests which were conducted on the high-frequency servo-hydraulic load frame machine.

Online publication date: Wed, 11-Oct-2017

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