Issn 2277 design and development of minibaja chassis. Thus, this project takes a look at the investigation of chassis design, simulation and fabrication. Pdf this paper presents the design and verification procedure of a. Download chassis frame seminar reports, abstract, pdf, ppt. Pdf new approaches in designing a race car chassis for an. The onestop package of comprehensive fea and allround design capability make it an ideal tool for the race team to be used to develop components of the race car and thus the chassis. The chassis must be designed to connect both the front and rear suspensions as well as provide all attachment points for other systems in the car. To analyze the chassis design before construction, finite element analysis could serve the purpose. The materials area of the vehicle technologies office focuses on. This one sentence is the basis of automotive chassis design.
The design was done using 3d sketch and weldment features of solidworks 2014 keeping in mind the rule of triangulation to avoid shear stresses and induce just tensile and compressive stresses in the frame. The first criteria have to be consider is that would be. After designing this structural chassis, it is tested and analyzed for different fatigue, static and dynamic loadswhich is done on ansys software to obtain proper chassis design with. Optimisation of the chassis proved to be beyond the scope of the report as the chassis had been design to maximum effect using the smallest tubing sizes available under the current rules. Chassis dynamometer testing of two recent model year. Product design specifications table within a product design specification are the design aspects and the customers needs and requirements. Chassis design corp has been manufacturing quality hd chopper and bagger frames and parts since 2004. Handling factors report by robert schilling, gmpg, 1938 waddle and side chuck wheelhouse clearance tire scrub scrub damping rear axle side shake camber change or swing arm action.
The outline of this project draft report is as below. This report reflected our results and indicated the. Introduction the main objective of the design was to build a sporty robust vehicle without compromising much on the performance in extreme terrains. Irfan g hod, department of mechanical engineering akshaya institute of technology, tumakuru, karnataka lohitesh jaga kumar assistant professor, department of mechanical engineering. The first criteria have to be consider is that would be certain amount of flexing in the chassis but not too much that would reduce the. Placing the rover on six balloon tires distributes the weight over a large area, making it easy to drive. In a practical and downtoearth way, it covers the fundamentals of how race cars handle and the requirements for designing and constructing a car. This report explains objectives, assumptions and calculations made in designing a go kart. Chassis design principles and analysis list of chapters. The points on the designing chassis are manufacturability and humancentricity.
Pdf download motorcycle chassis design the theory and practice read full ebook. Handling factors report by robert schilling, gmpg, 1938 waddle and side chuck wheelhouse clearance. Chassis torsional rigidity analysis for a formula sae racecar. Mustafa for guidance and support through out the course and not to forget to mr. Design and performance evaluation of an electric gokart. Frame design body and composites to achieve our goal the team has been divided into core steering system.
Why our chassis looks the way it does makers of the 427. Design of motorcyle active chassis geometry change system 282 geometry. Further work that could be carried out would require more time in order to create a more accurate model with the additional components added in order. Design analysis of chassis used in students formula. Primary objective was that the vehicle should complete all the dynamic events. The main aim of the chassis design is capture the static stress and fatigue life of the chassis. Meeg 402010 chassis design report 2017 fsae senior design. Design of chassis of student formula race car shubhanandan dubey 1, rahul jaiswal2, raunak mishra3 1, 2, 3 department of automobile, theem college of engineering, university of mumbai, maharashtra, india abstract supra saeindia is a national level competition organized by society of automobile engineers india. Design and analysis of truck chassis giridhara v e. Tech student,department of mechanical engineering, akshaya institute of technology, tumakuru, karnataka dr.
Part of each chassis design cycle is the determining of a chassis stiffness target for that vehicle. Jul 23, 2017 smitty describes the design principles for the chassis of a race car. The purpose of this report is to summarize analysis done during the 2016 design cycle to determine an optimal chassis torsional stiffness design target for future mracing formula sae vehicles. Some people stress full triangulation and material choice but once you are into these specifics some critical understanding is. Jan 18, 2017 all tube dimensions were chosen in accordance with my past experience in fsae design competition. Figure 12 rounded square nose model of first frame design. Design and analysis of a four wheeled planetary rover.
Introduction which include objectives, scopes, background and gantt chart. Pandiyan, shajin majeed mechanical department, final year, saveetha school of engineering, chennai, tamil nadu, india associate professor, mechanical department, saveetha school of engineering, chennai, tamil nadu, india. All tube dimensions were chosen in accordance with my past experience in fsae design competition. The competition is scored based on a number of aspects such as.
The details for this are given below from the project. Conventionally in fea, the frame is subdivided into elements. A major qualifying project report submitted to the faculty of. Design, analysis and testing of a formula sae car chassis 20020300 this paper is taken from work completed by the first author as a member of the 1999 cornell university formula sae team and discusses several of the concepts and methods of frame design, with an emphasis on their applicability to fsae cars. Analysis of chassis in 3 wheeler erickshaw for weight. As is needed for any finite element analysis, the governing differential equation provided by equation of equilibrium.
The goal of this years major qualifying project mqp was to design a vehicle capable of withstanding the baja sae competition challenges. Design and analysis of car chassis mohamad sazuan bin sarifudin a report submitted for partial fulfilment of the requirement for the diploma of mechanical engineering award. Construction and use of the product will be done by the design and race teams, so these are our closest internal customers that provide the most immediate feedback loops. Tech research scholar, vit university, chennaiindia email. Design, analysis and testing of a formula sae car chassis. The teams intent is design and fabrication of a rugged and marketable offroad vehicle. The prominent design features of the 2010 mars rover as stated in the 2010 osu mars rover design report 2 are the following. Introductionchassis is a french term and was at first used to denote the frame components or basic structure of the vehicle. The key to good chassis design is that the further mass is away from the neutral axis the more ridgid it will be. This means nothing will ever break under normal conditions. Smitty describes the design principles for the chassis of a race car. This report summarizes the results from emissions testing of a 2016 model year my. To design a chassis that is easy to manufacture, we took the following approaches. When designing a fsae chassis there are two very different approaches, namely, spaceframe or monocoque.
Frame design from last years car color coded for tube size. Fsae 2015 chassis and suspension final report fiu department. Some people stress full triangulation and material choice but once you are into these specifics some critical understanding is missed. Design and optimization of an fsae frame, suspension, and. Hameed design report of a go kart vehicle international. Thus, this project takes a look at the investigation of chassis design. Baja sae design report university of colorado boulder. Report of student formula project shigenori hashida tohoku university formula team abstract. Design and performance evaluation of an electric gokart and custom permanent magnet brushless dc motor by eli davis submitted to the department of mechanical engineering on may 22, 2012 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of bachelor. Be structurally sound in every way over the expected life of the vehicle and beyond. Design and analysis of go kart chassis for high strength and. Manufacturability is the most important point for the team which participates in the competition for the first time, as we are. Product design specifications table within a product design specification are the design aspects. Gokart, by definition, has no suspension and no differential.
Design and analysis of a four wheeled planetary rover a thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial ful. Pdf the entire process of designing the frame of formula student for student formula team fin racing team from university of kragujevac. Design and analysis of go kart chassis for high strength. The performance of a gokart is depends a lot on the chassis design.
Musa a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of master of engineering mechanical. This is the fourth in the series of videos developed for ucis racecar engineering program. New and improved materials, processing and manufacturing, and. In an effort to remain within the allotted budget while also creating a working vehicle, the group aimed to recycle as much of the vehicle. The chassis has the ability to carry and support the power train, power unit, running system, etc. Gkdc rulebook 2015 isk rulebook 2015 chassis design by herb adams automotive mechanics by crouse angeline theory of machine by r. The book includes chapters on chassis design, suspension design, frame construction, aerodynamics and tuning. Feb 29, 2016 download motorcycle chassis design the theory and practice pdf online. This project demonstrated that the proposed chassis design meets. The design of chassis was done in catia v5 software. This report covers the design and construction of the chassis for the.
Side view of a preliminary design for the vehicle chassis. Download chassis frame seminar reports, ppt, pdf, chassis frame seminar topics, abstracts, full documentation, source code. Finite element model of the vehicle chassis is made. For this chapter of the report, data calculated will be used to simulate loads encoun. Nsf 1994 engineering senior design projects to aid the disabled. Design and development of minibaja chassis tushar digambar tambe1 m. Chassis dynamometer testing of two recent model year heavyduty onhighway diesel glider vehicles. Our group focused on a partial redesign of the chassis, suspension, steering, and drivetrain. While the process of solving finite element problems is a science, creating the models is quite an art 2. This design allows for the lower aarms to be much longer than the upper aarms, as specified by the suspension team. After designing this structural chassis, it is tested and analyzed for different fatigue, static and dynamic loadswhich is done on ansys software to obtain proper chassis design with minimum deflection for failure.
Design, analysis and testing of a formula sae car chassis william b. Next in the equation 1, there is the air resistance, whose main component is a quadratic velocity vr, an input factor of driving. The teams primary objective is to design a safe and functional vehicle based on rigid and torsion free. Design and analysis of truck chassis giridhara v e m. They are usually raced on scaled down tracks, but are sometimes driven as entertainment or as a hobby by nonprofessionals. Chassis design this chassis would be considered a non nose design because front bracing members extend to the front bumper.
Design and performance evaluation of an electric gokart and. In this report, the overall design process for a formula sae vehicle will be. Trucks and heavyduty vehicles technical requirements and gaps for lightweight and propulsion materials final report executive summary the vehicle technologies office vto hosted a lightweight and propulsion materials workshop in march 2011 in dearborn, michigan. Chassis design analysis for formula student car project page. Compelete analysis of chasis design of automobile vehicle. Chassis engineering is a great introduction to race car design.
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