A study on the fatigue fracture of engine valve cover bolt for a wheel loader

휠로더 엔진 밸브 커버 볼트의 파손 원인 규명 및 개선

  • 이군희 (현대중공업 선박해양연구소) ;
  • 주원호 (현대중공업 선박해양연구소) ;
  • 김동해 (현대중공업 선박해양연구소) ;
  • 배종국 (현대중공업 선박해양연구소)
  • Published : 2006.05.01

Abstract

The bolts fixing the valve cover to the engine were often reported to be failed in a wheel loader model. Recently this failures were continually repeated in the specified equipment. In order to identify the fatigue fractures of the bolts, various vibration tests were carried out. From these tests, it was found out that the failure was due to the resonance between the excitation force of engine and the transverse mode of engine valve cover. So, the several modifications for the bolts were considered to avoid the resonance. Finally, the bolt failure problem was clearly resolved.

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