Modeling and Analysis of Tractor Trolley Axle Using Ansys

Abstract

Tractor trolley (or) trailers are very popular and cheaper mode of goods and transport in rural as well as urban areas. In India, various small scale industries are adopting the crude methodologies for designing and manufacturing machine components. One such industry producing tractor trolleys for agricultural use has been identified for this study. In this paper a static analysis is conducted on a tractor trolley axle. The solid modeling of axle is developed by CATIA-V5. Analysis is done using ANSYS work bench. Most of the tractor trolley axle used today is rectangular cross section type which in turn leads to increase in the weight of tractor trolley and axle. In this paper an attempt has made by replacing rectangular cross section with circular section which result in reducing the weight of the axle and the cost.