Static Analysis of Chassis Frame of Battery-Operated Three-wheeler

Battery operated three-wheeler or electric tricycle is raising commercial and passenger transport form in India. The Chassis refers to the lower body of the vehicle. The chassis frame is one of the principal part of an automobile usually made up of steel material. It serves as a backbone to vehicle which supports the all major parts of an automobile. The chassis frame should have enough strength to withstand against the various loads like static load, Inertia load, loads due to acceleration and braking. Also, chassis frame is to have adequate bending stiffness and torsional stiffness for better handling characteristics. This paper presents static analysis of chassis frame of L5 category battery operated three-wheeler. The chassis is modeled by using CATIA V5R20 software and the static analysis (FEA) is performed in ANSYS software. The parameters checked in static analysis are the deformation of chassis frame under maximum loading and maximum induced equivalent stress under static condition.