Thursday, 6 June 2013

Design, Analysis and Fabrication of a Suspension System for a Formula Type Race Car


ABSTRACT: In a race car various vehicle dynamics process parameters control the handling of the car which in turn affects the performance of the car. In regard to this a good suspension system controls the various vehicle dynamics parameters that affect the effective handling of the car. The main objective of this project is to design, Analyze and fabricate an economical yet effective suspension system for a formula type autocross race car. Care has been taken to keep the weight of the suspension system minimal and other parameters related to vehicle dynamics for the design and fabrication to meet the practical yet important outlines that defines the effective functioning of the system as defined by SAE. Design, simulation and analysis have been carried out in MSC ADAMS CAR, CATIA and ANSYS software’s respectively. After fabrication, assembly and installation of the various components the car was tested on road conditions. The performance was found to be within the safe and desired limits.

Under the guidance of
Dr. KIRAN AITHAL. S
Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMIT.
SHIVARAMACHANDRAN.J (1NT09ME097)                                        
VISHNU SAI.M (1NT09ME110)
YATHIN.R.M (1NT09ME116)                                                                  
NARENDRA (1NT10ME123)

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