Study on Design and Analysis of In-Wheel Suspension System

Abstract

Abstract: In today’s generation, fossil exploitation and fuel consumption has resulted to effects like global warming and pollution. And Bicycles are the best favorite choice when it comes to issues like health, environment and pollution. Several researches have been done in order to ride for the passenger comfortable over the years. Different variants have been developed for various applications like mountain bikes, commuter bikes and racing bikes. This paper presents the in-wheel suspension which is designed such that the suspension is integrated within the wheel for better comfort and higher shock-absorption purpose. Smooth ride is offered to you. Loop wheel springs are usually made up of a composite material carefully developed to offer optimum compression and lateral stability as well as strength and durability. The three loops in every wheel work along as a self-correcting system. This spring system between the hub and the rim of the wheel provides suspension that continuously adjusts to uneven terrain cushioning the rider from abnormalities in the road wheel. The spring configuration permits the torque to be transferred smoothly between the hub and the rim. For this paper the loopwheel is designed using C10 and C20 material in CATIA and the analysis is carried on in ANSYS Workbench 14.5 to determine the force acting in the wheel, the principle stresses and maximum deflection