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Analysis of a Steering Upright for a Three-Wheel Solar Electric Car

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Advances in Engineering Design (FLAME 2022)

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The upright of the car is one of the most critical components of the car. In this paper, the front upright of a tadpole-shaped three-wheel solar electric car has been designed and analysed. The dynamic forces acting on the upright are calculated considering the extreme condition of braking while cornering, such that the inner front wheel loses contact with the ground, and the car is about to topple. A suitable material has been chosen for the upright, and then the design is analysed using finite element analysis (FEA). Lastly, iterations in the design have been done to achieve the required factor of safety.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, India

    Vinayak H. Khatawate, Burhanuddin H. Telwala & Ayush P. Shah

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Rohit Sharma

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Ravindra Kannojiya

  3. Acoustics and Vibration Standards, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Naveen Garg

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India

    Sachin S. Gautam

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Khatawate, V.H., Telwala, B.H., Shah, A.P. (2023). Analysis of a Steering Upright for a Three-Wheel Solar Electric Car. In: Sharma, R., Kannojiya, R., Garg, N., Gautam, S.S. (eds) Advances in Engineering Design. FLAME 2022. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3033-3_19

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