Design and Analysis of Independent Suspension...

ABSTRACT

The study in this paper is carried out on the topic Design and Analysis of Independent Suspension System for an All-Terrain vehicle.  The purpose of this study is to design an independent type suspension system which can rely on any type of off-roading conditions. The focus of the study is to provide comfort to driver by reducing the effects of bumps and also improving the dynamic parameters of the vehicle. Suspension System is an important part of any vehicle, as it helps in resisting the unwanted forces so that driver feel comfortable while driving. Being a type of suspension system, independent suspension system is now most commonly used suspensions in today’s automobile industry. As the suspension system holds the weight of the whole vehicle, hence designing of it should be done carefully as it is subjected to higher stresses during its functioning condition. As the study was concerned for All-Terrain vehicle hence the designing should be done so that vehicle may sustain the effects of large rocks, downed logs, bumps and mud holes etc. The designing of suspension control arms was done on SOLIDWORKS whereas analysis done on ANSYS and simulation on LOTUS Suspension software. Hence designing and analysis of suspension system was done after getting various set of data from another functional group so that everything remains co-ordinated.

Keywords: Simulation, ANSYS, SOLIDWORKS, LOTUS Suspension, Off-roading, Bumps, All-Terrain.