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Development of a CFRP swing arm for a FIM Moto3 race bike
The work consists in first design, optimisation and detailed design of a CFRP swing arm for a FIM Moto3 race bike.
Keywords: CFRP - optimisation
MotoStudent is an international competition where university student teams from all over the world are challenged to design and manufacture a racing motorcycle prototype compelling with the FIM Moto3 regulations. The competition is divided in two phases: in the first phase the different projects are evaluated from the industrial point of view, considering aspects like cost, design, innovation and industrialization. The second phase focuses on the performance of the motorcycles, encompassing static and dynamic tests, as well as a final race on the MotorLand Aragón Circuit in Spain.
As, unlike in bicycle and sports car industry, motorcycle producers are still hesitant to the extensive use of composite materials, this competition represents a unique occasion to study the potentialities of these materials and to experiment new design concepts.
In order to take part to the 5th edition of MotoStudent with a full composite motorcycle a proper swing arm has to be designed and manufactured. This thesis is carried out in cooperation with Suter Industries and aims to design a CFRP rear swing arm meeting the regulations of the competition MotoStudent. The work consists in first design, optimisation and detailed design of the proposed structural component.
MotoStudent is an international competition where university student teams from all over the world are challenged to design and manufacture a racing motorcycle prototype compelling with the FIM Moto3 regulations. The competition is divided in two phases: in the first phase the different projects are evaluated from the industrial point of view, considering aspects like cost, design, innovation and industrialization. The second phase focuses on the performance of the motorcycles, encompassing static and dynamic tests, as well as a final race on the MotorLand Aragón Circuit in Spain. As, unlike in bicycle and sports car industry, motorcycle producers are still hesitant to the extensive use of composite materials, this competition represents a unique occasion to study the potentialities of these materials and to experiment new design concepts. In order to take part to the 5th edition of MotoStudent with a full composite motorcycle a proper swing arm has to be designed and manufactured. This thesis is carried out in cooperation with Suter Industries and aims to design a CFRP rear swing arm meeting the regulations of the competition MotoStudent. The work consists in first design, optimisation and detailed design of the proposed structural component.
The work is subdivided in the following tasks:
1. extensive literature research on race bikes and swing arms;
2. definition of the requirement specifications;
3. development and preliminary sizing of a concept according to the specification outlined in task 2;
4. optimisation of the swing arm using the software OptiStruct and Nx;
5. detailed design of the final component.
The work is subdivided in the following tasks: 1. extensive literature research on race bikes and swing arms; 2. definition of the requirement specifications; 3. development and preliminary sizing of a concept according to the specification outlined in task 2; 4. optimisation of the swing arm using the software OptiStruct and Nx; 5. detailed design of the final component.
