Exhaust Catalytic Converter Bench Fatigue Test Specification Based on Equivalent Damage 2000-01-0787
Component bench fatigue testing is a cost-effective way to evaluate the durability of exhaust catalytic converters. A successful bench fatigue test depends on the development of a test specification. The test specification should represent the actual customer duty cycle that the component is exposed to. Based on the concept of equivalent fatigue damage, a systematic approach is presented to obtain the test specification from the acquired road load data. A method based on damage analysis is proposed to determine the effective notch factor, and an empirical relationship is presented to account for the thermal effect on the test specification. The principles and procedures of multiple block testing and constant amplitude testing are also presented.
Citation: Fan, D., Geer, L., Melin, R., and Poelman, M., "Exhaust Catalytic Converter Bench Fatigue Test Specification Based on Equivalent Damage," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-0787, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-0787. Download Citation
Author(s):
David Fan, Larry Geer, Rick Melin, Mark Poelman
