Open AccessDESIGN AND SIMULATION OF TORSION BAR(ARB) FOR FSAE USING MATLAB
Author(s) -
Parimala Pavan Jonnada,
Sreekanth Dondapati
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2020.v05i08.044
Subject(s) - torsion spring , lever , matlab , torsion (gastropod) , stiffness , automotive industry , engineering , bar (unit) , structural engineering , simulation , automotive engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , medicine , physics , surgery , meteorology , aerospace engineering , operating system
Formula SAE is a student designcompetition organized by SAEInternational (previously known as the Society ofAutomotive Engineers, SAE). The conceptbehind Formula SAE is that a fictionalmanufacturing company has contracted astudent design team to develop a small Formulastyle race car. The prototype race car is to beevaluated for its potential as a production item.Each student team designs, builds and tests aprototype based on a series of rules, whosepurpose is both ensuring on-track safety andpromoting clever problem solving. An anti-rollbar is a part of automobile suspensions that helpsreduce the body roll of a vehicle during fastcornering or over road irregularities. It connectsopposite wheels together throughshort lever arms linked by a torsion spring. Asway bar increases thesuspension's roll stiffness—its resistance to rollin turns, independent of its spring rate in thevertical direction. In this research paper,calculation for the anti-roll bar mechanism willbe simpler, and more accurate than handcalculations. Calculation was done usingMATLAB and further analysis using FEA inANSYS.