This study investigated the root causes of wheel hub assembly looseness and abnormal brake pad wear observed during a 32,000 km durability driving test of a military medium truck. Structural analysis and component-level durability tests were conducted to identify the failure mechanisms and evaluate improvement measures. Test conditions were established based on relevant regulations and previous studies, and braking force and braking torque equations were derived through mathematical modeling. The results showed that the spacer used to fix the brake disc in the original design did not satisfy the required safety factor greater than 1.0. Furthemore, a wheel hub assembly torque durability test under more severe conditions than the original test was performed, and the results demonstrated a significant improvement in durability perfomance.

In this research we tried to make nano-sized TiNx by using planetary milling, and we made the composites double layered of titanium and nano-sized TiNx by using spark plasma sintering apparatus after mixing with the different ratio of pure titanium powder, and they were heat treated at for 30 minutes. The crystal structures of nano-sized TiNx powders and the composites were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The microstructures of the powders were analyzed by using scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and the 40-50 nm size of nano-sized TiNx particle on the surface of agglomerated particles was investigated. With increasing the ratio of nano-sized TiNx of the composites, the microvickers hardness of the composites was increased.