Automotive Components
Structural, composite and thermal-flow simulation for vehicle components, from CNG fuel cylinders to vehicle bodies, frames and coolers.
Industry overview
Vehicle components have to carry road loads, vibration, pressure and heat for years, usually while the maker is trying to take weight out. Most of them also have to pass a standard or a customer test before production, and a failed test late in development costs time and tooling.
Shirsh Technosolutions helps component makers check these parts by simulation before they are built. We have qualified Type-4 CNG composite cylinders to ISO 11119-3, and we apply the same approach to vehicle bodies and frames under payload, and to coolers and heat exchangers through CFD. Every result is reported against the standard or tender requirement, with practical design changes where a part falls short.
Industry challenges
Composite layups whose thickness changes along the part, as in filament-wound fuel cylinders
Carrying payload and road loads on vehicle frames and bodies without adding weight
Coolers and heat exchangers that must balance pressure drop against heat rejection
Proving a design against a standard or tender specification before a prototype is built
How we help
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Composite cylinder FEA in ANSYS ACP with checks to ISO 11119-3
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Structural FEA of vehicle bodies, frames and mounting brackets under payload and road loads in ANSYS Mechanical
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CFD in ANSYS Fluent for coolers, heat exchangers and airflow around components
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Bolted and welded joint checks in assemblies
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Simulation-ready models from customer drawings or CAD
Key trends
Type-4 composite tanks for CNG and hydrogen vehicles
Lightweighting of commercial vehicle bodies and frames
Electrification bringing new thermal problems in battery packs and power electronics
Virtual validation used to cut the number of physical test rounds
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