Paper Details

he paper represents the designing, analyzing and fabrication of braking system as well as suspensionsystem for a Universal terrain vehicle that too being inside the constraints in the Rulebook provided by Rally Car DesignChallenge.The main idea behind braking system is to design, analyze as well as to simulate the Hydraulic disc type of brakesinstalled on a Universal Terrain Vehicle. An UTV as the name suggests is designed to handle a vast variety of terrainthan that of other conventional vehicles. The Braking system which is the most important constraint for handling hasundergone a substantial amount of development in the past. Thus, the topic is focused on designing a form of mentionedbraking system incorporating dynamics of the vehicle with providing optimum performance of the vehicle whileminimizing driver’s efforts.Parameters like Dynamic weight transfer, Static weight distribution ratio, Pedal force, and etcetera were evaluated toattain the desired performance. As an UTV has to be stopped or slowed down more often in rough terrains, ability of thevehicle to stop efficiently and in adequate time becomes imperative. The calipers were selected by using requiredcalculations and chosen from the systems available in market, the calculations were then validated using CATIA. Thedesign of Brake Discs were decided using the required calculations and also the caliper mountings on SOLIDWORKSand will be manufactured later. The component designs are analyzed in ANSYS and checked whether they are compatiblefor our vehicle.

Himanshu Borse, Saurabh Kharwandikar, “Design, Analysis and Manufacturing of Braking System for an Universal Terrain Vehicle”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 6, Issue 10, pp. 27-33, October 2019.