Pietro Del Negro is a senior CAE engineer at Ricardo’s Rimini Technical Centre in Italy, specialising in motorcycle and light mobility applications, including simulation, analysis, and systems integration for global OEMs and tier-one suppliers.
In this article, Del Negro explains how Ricardo is developing solutions to support its customers to predict the lifecycle of motorcycle components, using finite element analysis (FEA) and fatigue analysis.
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The article discusses advancements in low cycle fatigue analysis for an electric motor's rotor, focusing on a new method implemented in the FEMFAT software. Traditional methods have limitations in accurately predicting material plasticization due to a lack of consideration for the sequence of load peaks, which can affect component lifespan.
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