Design Optimization and Analysis of Braking System of Go-Kart

Abstract

This title presents the empirical research work on the braking system of Go-kart. A Go-kart is a very small motor vehicle with four wheels, used for racing. Brake system is very essential for the vehicle to reduce the speed or to stop the vehicle. Go-kart is a race vehicle hence its design phase plays a vital role in performance of the kart. In dynamic conditions the forces acting on the vehicle varies with respect to the speed and design parameters, our project aims to study the vehicle dynamics with respect to technical specifications and calculating the forces at various hardpoints of the kart, thereby analysis of the various components of the braking system is done. The brake rotor is the component where the energy transfer takes place, while braking, the kinetic energy is transferred to heat energy by the rotor thus the factor of safety and thermal stability of the brake rotor is important. Hence structural and thermal analysis of the brake rotor is analysed using Ansys (CFD). The driver ergonomics has to be considered while designing, this project aims to provide minimum pedal effort by fixing the optimal pedal ratio. The structural analysis of the brake pedal and brake rotor hub are done using Ansys.