Model and Material Analysis of Gokart Chassis

Abstract

The present study of this paper is to select the best material for manufacturing the Go-Kart. To meet this designing of go-kart chassis done by using CAD software CATIA tool and simulate with ANSYS work-bench. To select the best material, strength to weight ratio plays major role on it. Steel is considering to existing material another two materials Aluminum-6061, Kevlar selected. The main reason behind choosing Aluminum-6061, Kevlar materials is two materials are having less density and high yield limit values, and this factor can increase the strength/weight ratio compare to existing material steel. In this project material selection is one of the main design decisions that greatly increase the safety, reliability and performance. The material selection is choosen after my extensive research with various parameters like strength, weight and cost. We are comparing Aluminum-6061and Kevlar materials with mild steel. In this process boundary conditions applied on each material and calculated results like deformation, stress, strain, safety factor, natural frequency values, by knowing all these results, concluded with optimum material.