Desenvolvimento e análise pelo método dos elementos finitos de um suporte híbrido metal-polímero aplicado a um tanque de combustível veicular

Abstract

This main objective of this work was the innovating in terms of the materials and processes involved in the manufacture of a fuel tank holder of a heavy vehicle. Currently this type of automotive component is manufactured entirely in steel, by conventional processes such as stamping and welding. However, with the technological evolution in the automotive market, a different development of this component was proposed. Aiming the use of hybrid materials technologies with metal and polymer in the same structural element and the use of high productivity manufacturing processes as injection molding, the hybrid component was developed and analyzed by the Finite Element Method in different analysis conditions static and modal. The results obtained in the static analysis were satisfactory and indicate that the use of hybrid technology has the potential to be used in new projects. In modal analysis, low natural frequencies were observed in most cases and a more in-depth study of the effects these results can cause in the field is required (sic).