2011 Volume 42 Issue 5 Pages 1241-1246
Usually, automobile high-pressure hose, such as hydraulic brake hose, has been developed through investigating several actual prototype hoses experimentally. Recently, high durability for brake hose has been required because periodic renewing the brake hoses has not been requested anymore. In this study, FEM stress analysis has been applied to the crimped portion of hydraulic brake hose in order to promote the development of the automobile hoses more efficiently. The sealing performance is discussed focusing on the normal stress between the nipple and inner rubber with varying several important geometrical dimensions of crimped portion.
