Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
3th International Siirt Scientific Research Congress, Siirt, Türkiye, 18 Kasım 2022, ss.2835-2848
Due to the increase in global warming, population growth, and other environmental challenges in the world, people have turned to a new technology. Electric vehicles are at the forefront of this new technology. The aim of this study is to design a new electric micro car and try to reduce the weight on the chassis, which has a significant weight percentage on this vehicle. The chassis is the skeletal system of a car. It is the largest part of the vehicle where all the parts are mounted. Considering these issues, a full chassis design and a reduced profile chassis thickness were analyzed using the finite element method (FEM). In this study, structural steel and Usibor 1500 ultra-high strength materials were used as chassis materials. The chassis was designed using CATIA V5R21 (Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application) followed by analyzes using ANSYS 18.0 software. In the results of the study, the two materials were compared in terms of weight, total deformation, equivalent stress, and factor of safety in different case situations. According to the analysis results, it is seen that the ultra-high strength steel unloaded chassis design provides a 16.6% reduction in weight compared to structural steel while providing an approximately 2-times increase in safety factor