REVIEW WORK ON ANALYSIS OF F1 CAR FRAME USING ANSYS

N. G. Jogi, Akshay P. Take, Yogesh Asolkar, Sheikh M Aftab

Abstract: SAE Supra India organizes the undergraduate racing competition for 2013 in which teams are challenged to design considering the various circumstances and to fabricate the making a design in the campus itself. This paper’s sole focus is the design and analysis for a chassis which has to sustain the racing environment. As chassis plays a vital role in a race car and also it is the back bone of a good race car. Good designs allow a light, stiff and extremely safe chassis to be produced at. The work shown in this research paper was taken participation by Black Hawk SAE Supra team. This paper introduces several concepts of frame’s load distributions such a lateral, longitudinal vertical and horizontal torsion and consequent deformation modes. .Various studies were conducted upon the understanding the relation of the machine elements with the user according to Ergonomics consideration. Ergonomics considers factors such as Drivers visibility, seat inclination, thermal isolation etc. The chassis design was carried out on CAD software such as Pro-Engineers. Design model was prepared using anthropometric parameters of tallest driver as 95th percentile male was selected to SAE rules book. Static and dynamic load distributions were calculated analytically followed by extensive study of various boundary conditions to be applied during diverse FEA (Finite Element Analysis) test which was carried out in Ansys. Stress distributions, lateral displacements during static, dynamic and frequency modes were analyzed and found considerably high factor of safety as 3.85.

Keywords: FAE (Finite Element Analysis)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0304038