DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR SOLAR CAR

Authors

  • Mehdi Moayyedian College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait.
  • Rani Taher College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
  • Bedour AL-Sabaghah College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
  • Zainab Al-Qattan College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
  • Munierah AL-Khashti College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
  • Batoul Taha College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
  • Nour AL-Enezi College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait

Keywords:

solar car, suspension system, Factor of Safety

Abstract

Solar energy is becoming more applicable which aims to remove the dependency on traditional energy sources and replace them with more efficient ones.  Solar cars are one of the main and most important applications of solar energy usage which can be demonstrated in reserving solar energy in car’s battery with no pollutions.  As the solar car has different designs than traditional cars, all its components need to be redesigned and refined to suit the new energy source. The main objective of this study is to design a suspension system for a solar car which is not only as light as possible but also strong enough to damp different forces while driving the vehicle.  This paper covers step by step on the design of such a system to determine the possible solutions which will be the most appropriate design for solar cars. Several types of suspension systems have been studied and compared together using benchmarking to choose the best suspension system design. The modeling of different components of the suspension system is conducted using SolidWorks. Also, after the assembly step, static analysis based on the maximum load of the solar car is implemented to find the appropriate factor of safety. The calculated FOS for the designed assembly is 2.9 which is within the range of the target.

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2020-12-31

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Vol. 7 No. 12 (2020): IJIERT

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