Design, Static and Dynamic analysis of an All-Terrain Vehicle Chassis and Suspension System

  Mr. Dibya Narayan Behera,  Rajesh Kumar,  Kunal Abhishek,  Sunil Kumar Panda

This paper provides in-detail description of the design and structural analysis of chassis and suspension system of a standard All-Terrain Vehicle. The design and fabrication comprises of material selection, chassis and frame design, cross section determination, and determining strength requirements of roll cage, stress analysis, design of the entire double wishbone suspension system and simulations ton test the ATV against failure. The static and dynamic structural analysis is also done on the chassis for validating the design. Initially, a prototype design of the chassis was made as a 3-D CAD model using Solidworks CAD software. The designed ATV is an off-road vehicle powered by 305 cc, four strokes, 10 BHP engine Brigg Stratton engine and driven by manual transmission. Material selection was based on the basis of factors like weight, cost, availability and performance during the entire design process, consumer interest through innovative, inexpensive, and effective methods was always the primary goal. The manufacturing objective is to design a vehicle which is safety ergonomic, aerodynamic, highly engineered and customer satisfaction which can make it highly efficient. The proposed design of ATV can navigate all most all terrain which is the primary objective behind the design and fabrication of any all-terrain vehicles.

Keywords- Roll cage, material, finite element analysis, Front & Rear Suspension, Simulation of Suspension System, LOTUS, ANSYS

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1602018
Page Number(s) - 120-128
Pubished in - Volume 4 | Issue 2 | April 2016
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -   
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Mr. Dibya Narayan Behera,  Rajesh Kumar,  Kunal Abhishek,  Sunil Kumar Panda ,   "Design, Static and Dynamic analysis of an All-Terrain Vehicle Chassis and Suspension System", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.4, Issue 2, pp.120-128, April 2016, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1602018.pdf