A REVIEW PAPER ON MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF UPRIGHT AND HUB FOR FORMULA STUDENT VEHICLE

A REVIEW PAPER ON MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF UPRIGHT AND HUB FOR FORMULA STUDENT VEHICLE

A VIJAY KUMAR1, A HEMANTH REDDY2, D JAI BHARATH REDDY3, K SACHIN4

1Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India

2B. E U. G (IV year), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India

3B. E U. G (IV year), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India

4B. E U. G (IV year), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India

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Abstract - The upright or knuckle attaches the wheel, brake rotor, hub, brake caliper, Steering arm, upper and lower control arm. The design of the upright or knuckle determines the geometry on the outboard side of the suspension. The mount points on the chassis and wishbones/links form the inboard side of the suspension, and provide their own contribution to the overall geometry of the suspension and that affects the dynamics of the vehicle. Initially suspension is designed using lotus shark software and by using that hard points upright is modelled using Solid works software. While modelling various parameters like hub diameter, brake caliper mounts, bolt size, rim spacing is taken into consideration. The model is meshed using ANSYS and analyzed based on the loads calculated using analytical method using formulae of various manures possible. The results from the analysis are taken and considered as input for the iterations on the model and the model which offers better factor of safety and less weight is considered for manufacturing.

Key Words:  Upright, Lotus shark, Solid Works, ANSYS.