Chassis Strength Research Articles

Design and Simulation of Chassis for Electric Cultivator

Building or designing an electric cultivator requires a comprehensive study by paying attention to each main component, namely the chassis. The chassis serves as a place to attach the constituent components and holds the weight of the overall components contained in the tool. A good machine frame will increase the workability of the machine because the components that make up the cultivator are in the right layout. A good chassis design is needed to improve the performance of the electric cultivator. This study aims to design and simulate the strength analysis of the electric cultivator frame. This research consists of several stages, namely literature review, frame design, chassis strength simulation and chassis cultivator capability analysis. From the results of the analysis concluded that technically this tool is classified as safe with a loading condition of 18 kg and a support on its axis. However, it is still recommended that before production, the tool design must be re-optimized. Especially at the joints of the upper and lower frames near the pillow block. This is because this cross section is a critical area because it has a large equivalent stress value, has a small life cycle, and has a low safety factor. Keywords: Design, Electric cultivator, Simulation

Investigation of Dynamic Factors in Different Sections of HVC by Static and Free Vibration Modal Analysis

One of the essential purposes of the automotive chassis is to maintain the vehicle's shape and bear the various loads applied to the vehicle. When a heavy-duty vehicle, e.g., a truck, travels on the road, the chassis is subject to vibrations produced by surface roughness and excitation due to the vibration of body parts. The present study aims to design, model, and perform a static structural & vibrational modal analysis on a commercial vehicle (Truck) chassis considering both conventional Structural steel and P100/6061 Al Metal Metrix Composite (MMC) using ANSYS CFX to determine the strength of chassis with transverse sections. Free vibrational modal analysis determines the mass participation factor and resonance frequency for square section and C section, respectively, for both materials using the finite element technique. It was observed that the use of the C section causes an increase in deformation for all the natural frequencies, which is not preferred. The high mass participation factor along the x-direction signifies that any external excitation along this direction would likely cause resonance and amplitude build-up. The C section profile of the chassis shows 1.69% higher deformation than the square section in both cases; hence it is not desirable for the design.

Modelling and FE Simulation of HVC Using Multi Objective Response Surface Optimization Techniques

The purpose of an automotive chassis is to maintain the shape of the vehicle and bear the various loads that are applied to the vehicle. The structure typically accounts for a large portion of the development and production costs of the new vehicle program, and the designer has many different structural concepts available. Choosing the best is important to ensure acceptable structural performance under other design constraints, such as cost, volume and method of production, product application, and more. The material selection for chassis depends upon various factors like lightness, economy, safety, recyclability, and circulation of life. The current study aims to perform optimization of the design of a heavy vehicle chassis using central composite design & optimal space fill design scheme (s) with the material tested is Al6092/SiC/17.5p MMC. Different design points are generated using design of experiments. The equivalent stress, deformation and mass are evaluated for each design points. The CAD modelling and FE simulation of heavy motor vehicle chassis is conducted using ANSYS software. From the optimization conducted on chassis design, response surface plots of equivalent stress, deformation and mass are generated which enabled to determine the range of dimensions for which these parameters are maximum or minimum. The use of Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminium-Matrix Composites Al6092/SiC/17.5p MMC aided to reduce weight of chassis by 66.25% and 66.68% by using CCD and Optimal space fill design scheme respectively, without much reduction in strength of chassis.

Design and specifications of racing car chassis as passive safety feature

This paper reviews the design and test results for the main passive safety feature of Formula-type (Formula Student class) open-wheel racing cars: the tubular spaceframe chassis. Formula Student is an international competition for engineering students and young athletes, who work in teams to design racing cars, assemble them from scratch, and then race them. This paper presents a chassis strength analysis, the results of head-on and lateral crash tests, and torsional stiffness calculations for the chassis of a racing car used by the team representing the Shukhov Belgorod State Technological University, as proof that this particular structural design is safe for future use.

Finite Element Analysis of the Chassis for Sugarcane Leaf Cutting Off Returning to Field Machinery

By modeling of sugarcane leaf cutting off returning to field machinery chassis and loading, this paper simplifies reasonably several different conditions of the chassis to the two forms. The finite element is used for the solution of the problem by using ANSYS software, solving the node stress contour of the chassis. Compared the maximum stress in the most dangerous working conditions to the allowable stress of the material, the result verifies the chassis strength to meet the design requirements. According to the vibration of the chassis at work, analyzing the first sixth modal of the chassis, and comparing with excitation frequency shows that the design of the chassis avoids the excitation frequency, which does not cause resonance at work. The results show that the chassis meets the design requirements.

Strength Analysis of Chassis Structure for Double Deck Bus

Chassis strength and durability of local buses has been successively developed as many large automobiles due to reason for safe passenger transportation. This paper describes design method and strength analysis of chassis structure for double deck bus. C-beam and L-beam are created and assembled as for chassis frame structure by using CAD software. Finite element simulation is employed to evaluate total deformation and strength of designed bus chassis structure according to reliable safety factor from engineering design principle. Loading condition for simulation includes fully applied bending forces that are defined as heavy weight exerted on member joints. Finite element simulation result reveals that the fracture stress is not over than yield stress of the material. Safety factor is 2.16, which is the acceptable value under defined safety standard from department of land transport.

Design of a lightweight chassis for the land speed record vehicle Buckeye Bullet 2

The design of a novel chassis solution for a land speed record streamliner, the Buckeye Bullet 2, which represents an evolution of the vehicle that recently set various records in the electric vehicle classes is addressed in this paper. Various architectures for a lightweight solution are investigated considered. The reference chassis design of the Buckeye Bullet consists of a steel space frame structure, for which alternative candidate solutions are investigated. These include several combinations of aluminium honeycomb sandwich panels and carbon fibre composite skins and a composite monocoque structure. A high-speed streamliner requires a chassis that is stiff in both torsion and bending, especially in transversal direction, in order to avoid undesired vibrations that can compromise vehicle handling. Thus, the various solutions are compared on the basis of mass, stiffness and eigenfrequencies. Finally, this paper investigates chassis strength with respect to torsional and ending loads that produce critical stresses for the reference structure and for operative loads.