Design And Development Of Carbon Fiber Double Wishbone Suspension Arm For UTeM Formula Style Race Car

Mohd Izamudin, Itam Ahmed (2010) Design And Development Of Carbon Fiber Double Wishbone Suspension Arm For UTeM Formula Style Race Car. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The one of most important factors in racing car is weight of car. This can reduce the performance of the car due to unnecessary weight. This study will reduce the weight by replacing their suspension system. By choosing current UTeM Formula Varsity racing car as a reference and FSAE rules as our guidance, a development of composite suspension has taken place. Most of racing car use double wishbone suspension link as their suspension system due to its advantages. The design of this suspension system involved the calculation of load transfer during cornering and braking condition. Then followed by the force acting on the link suspension is calculated by using matrix vector unit. After that, the strength of the composite is calculated by using stiffness matrix equation which it determines the strength of the composite layers according to its orientation. The value of composite must greater than value of force acting on the suspension system in order to prevent failure when it operating in certain condition. Then, the fabrication process of component will take place using carbon fiber polymer with polyester resin matrix using conventional hand lay-up technique. Final finished product will undergo compression testing using INSTRON Universal Testing Machine to determine the maximum compressive strength.

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