P-ISSN: 2707-8205, E-ISSN: 2707-8213
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2022, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Part A
BSVI: Plastic fuel tank design challenges and improvements proposed with structural strength analysis & pressure loading using FEA
Author(s): Avinash Nikam and Mahendra Petale
Abstract: In commercial/passenger vehicles the fuel tank is major vehicle component to which major attention is given while vehicle development. In conventional design, the fuel tanks are made up of sheet metal which are robust in design but increase the vehicle kerb weight. In new vehicles plastic fuel tanks are introduced to replace the sheet metal fuel tanks. Plastic tanks have key advantage over sheet metal tanks in terms of weight, flexibility to achieve size and shape to suit critical packaging in the vehicle. Also, the plastic tanks have more corrosion resistance and have more crash resistance. The tank in this paper is HDPE (High density polyethylene) material and analysed in ANSYS for structural strength of plastic tank when subject to various operational conditions which it experience during life of the plastic fuel tank.
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Avinash Nikam, Mahendra Petale. BSVI: Plastic fuel tank design challenges and improvements proposed with structural strength analysis & pressure loading using FEA. Int J Automobile Eng 2022;3(1):22-29.
