Our project is to design a way to collect and store data involving high-fatigue components on Wabash trailer coupling components to help understand the life span and the highest risk actions. The absence of this data and technology has made it difficult for Wabash to accurately inform its customers of the life span of the trailers sold. The benefits of this project's completion would result in optimization of the trailer design and safer operation of the trailer.
Develop a digital monitoring solution for a high-cycle fatigue component to measure various variables of a Dry Van trailer to determine the realistic lifespan of the coupler structure and understand the structural fatigue. Data that the Wabash team has requested is longitudinal strain, latitudinal strain, and other associated stresses of the coupler structure that measure the wear from the “King Pin” and forces from transportation operations. The Wabash team should be able to access the collected data either wired or wirelessly for internal use.