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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2007
Anthony Scelsi, Elkhart, IN (US);
Thomas Regnier, South Bend, IN (US);
Slawomir T. Fryska, Granger, IN (US);
Anthony Scelsi, Elkhart, IN (US);
Thomas Regnier, South Bend, IN (US);
Slawomir T. Fryska, Granger, IN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to design a wheel of a multiple-axle vehicle are disclosed. A disclosed method analyzes fatigue damage values of wheels, each to be installed at a number of axle positions on a vehicle, and includes determining for each wheel a fatigue damage value for each of a plurality of critical locations at the wheel during an installation and determining whether at least a subset of total fatigue damage values at critical locations for each wheel installation exceeds a respective threshold total fatigue damage value.