Abstract
A foot bracket is a metal panel bracket used to mount and support the footrest in two-wheeler systems. It holds the footrest in place while rigidly supporting it. In working conditions, this element has often been observed to fail when specific load-fluctuation conditions are established at its rear end. Appropriate materials therefore need to be identified to overcome such a recurring failure. To address these issues, the present study has been implemented with the specific objective to determine the response of selected Al6061-T6 and Al7075-T6 Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites (HMMC). The results, obtained using the ANSYS Software, show that the selected composites can withstand 636,962 N/m² of maximum stress and 8.88 × 10−6 m of minimum displacement. These results are also compared with relevant mathematical models and it is concluded that the identified material combination provides the required improvement of structural stability that can withstand the load fluctuation on the foot bracket.
Highlights
Growing urbanization and industrialization triggered the population mobility from rural to urban and in the suburban
It is apparent that the composites with the proportionate amount of added reinforcement for Al6061-T6 and Al7075-T6 are beneficial for providing reasonable values of stresses and displacements
Material properties are the major influencing factor which we have considered for the improvement of linear elasticity
Summary
Growing urbanization and industrialization triggered the population mobility from rural to urban and in the suburban. It is observed that composite material foot bracket was subjected to fracture while the increases in the load at the rear end. Considering the importance of this problem, Agostoni et al [1] tried to alleviate the problem, by modifying the footplate geometry. He reported that modified footplate geometry minimized the nodal displacement and found that it was effective. Even though it was effective, the researcher did not consider the withstanding stress on the foot bracket.
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