Front Suspension Design Final Report

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Front Suspension DesignFinal Report

• Solomon Metcalf
• Kevin Beckford
• Daniel Atsyor

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Presentation Overview

• Design Statement
• Design Specifications
• Design Concepts
• Drawings
• Completed/Uncompleted Task
• Conclusion

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Design Statement

• The purpose of this project is to design and
  build a new front-suspension for Sunsation II.

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Prior Design
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Improvements

• Weight
• Adjustable
• Wheel Scrub
• Ride height
• Braking assembly
• Shock selection

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Design Specification
Easy Adjustment camber, caster,
toe-in/out Mounting to honeycomb unibody 6 of
total shock travel Little weight Support body
weight (900-1000lb)
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Budget

• Bulk metal (aluminum/iron) 600.00
• Shocks 1200.00
• Wheels 1200.00
• Tires 1000.00
• Hardware (Bolts/Nuts) 300.00
• Steering linkage 500.00
• Steering Box 500.00
• Brake calipers 400.00
• Brake rotors 700.00
• Rotor hubs 800.00
• Brake lines 200.00
• Master cylinder 200.00
• Pedal Assembly 250.00
• Total 7850.00

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Tasks Completed

• WBS
• Schedule (primavera)
• Budget
• Final Design
• Shock specifications
• Designing Bulk Head
• Simulated Drawings
• Fine tuning suspension geometry to minimize scrub

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On-Going Task

• Modeling components in Pro-E/Working model 2-D
• Ordering parts/materials
• Suspension Calculations

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Body Side View
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Cross Section
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Design Phase I
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Design Phase II
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Final Design
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Concept Insight
3 travel
Max travel height
.5 scrub
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Degrees of freedom
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Shock Schematic
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Uncompleted Tasks

• Connecting Suspension
• All finalized engineering drawings
• Machining parts
• Analyzing Performance
• Stress testing of suspension
• Suspension performance

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Improvement

• Better organization of work time
• Total group involvement

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Next Semester Task

• Analyzing material stress/strain
• Material Selection
• Ordering parts
• Machining and assembly
• Analyzing Performance
• Stress testing of suspension
• Suspension performance

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Conclusion

• Though the project is behind schedule for most
  groups on the solar car. We do hope to accomplish
  our over all goals that were set from the start.
• This has also been a stressful but simulating
  learning experience.

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Questions?