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Design and structural analysis of a front single-sided swingarm for an electric three-wheel motorcycle

Spanoudakis Polychronis, Christenas Evangelos, Tsourveloudis Nikolaos

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/1E5419FD-70AA-4684-82C7-7BA16BF8E895-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.3390/app10176063-
Identifierhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/17/6063-
Languageen-
Extent17 pagesen
Extent4,43 megabytesen
TitleDesign and structural analysis of a front single-sided swingarm for an electric three-wheel motorcycleen
CreatorSpanoudakis Polychronisen
CreatorΣπανουδακης Πολυχρονηςel
CreatorChristenas Evangelosen
CreatorΧρηστενας Ευαγγελοςel
CreatorTsourveloudis Nikolaosen
CreatorΤσουρβελουδης Νικολαοςel
PublisherMDPIen
Content SummaryThis study focuses on the structural analysis of the front single-sided swingarm of a new three-wheel electric motorcycle, recently designed to meet the challenges of the vehicle electrification era. The primary target is to develop a swingarm capable of withstanding the forces applied during motorcycle’s operation and, at the same time, to be as lightweight as possible. Different scenarios of force loadings are considered and emphasis is given to braking forces in emergency braking conditions where higher loads are applied to the front wheels of the vehicle. A dedicated Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software is used for the structural evaluation of different swingarm designs, through a series of finite element analysis simulations. A topology optimization procedure is also implemented to assist the redesign effort and reduce the weight of the final design. Simulation results in the worst-case loading conditions, indicate strongly that the proposed structure is effective and promising for actual prototyping. A direct comparison of results for the initial and final swingarm design revealed that a 23.2% weight reduction was achieved.en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2021-05-25-
Date of Publication2020-
SubjectSwingarmen
SubjectSingle-sideden
SubjectFinite Elements Analysis (FEA)en
SubjectThree-wheel motorcycleen
SubjectTopology optimizationen
Bibliographic CitationP. Spanoudakis, E. Christenas, and N. C. Tsourveloudis, “Design and structural analysis of a front single-sided swingarm for an electric three-wheel motorcycle,” Appl. Sci., vol. 10, no. 17, Sep. 2020. doi: 10.3390/app10176063en

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