Design Optimisation and Analysis of an All-Terrain Vehicle chassis with balance Rocker Suspension
| Author(s) | : | Edibilli Ramadevi, Hari Sankar Vanka |
| Institution | : | Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering, Visakha Technical Campus, Narava, Visakhapatnam |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 6 — June 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 625-630 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Agricultural vehicles are perceptive machines that can be used to perform a variety of agricultural tasksincluding spraying, cultivating, fertilizing, harvesting and growth monitoring. Precision farming technology has also ledto higher yields, reduced environmental impact and requiring less chemical application for agricultural production.Unstructured road or soil profiles combined with driving speeds and operating environments create the biggestchallenge for off-road vehicles and autonomous systems in agriculture. However, the development of the off-road vehiclehas received increasing interest and has been widely pursued by researchers.The balance rocker suspension is a novel mechanism which ensures full-time four-wheel drive in a complexroad environment while maintaining the main body level always in the angle bisector of the two driving axle. Accordingto the hillside terrain and agronomic characteristics of various crops, the ground clearance and the wheel track can beadjusted continuously and smoothly by hydraulic system. In this project, we intend to develop a model of an all-terrainvehicle chassis with balance rocker suspension. The model is modeled in Creo Parametric 3.0 and analyzed in Ansys15.0. The model is then optimized for the shape optimization and material optimization.
Edibilli Ramadevi, Hari Sankar Vanka, “Design Optimisation and Analysis of an All-Terrain Vehicle chassis with balance Rocker Suspension”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 6, pp. 625-630, June 2017.
