Design and simulation of skate scooter made of composite material

Abstract In modern days, the challenge is to beat the heavy traffic in the metropolitan cities, the need of the hour to find an alternate mode of transport with low cost and highly efficient transport to skip traffic and to save nature with zero carbon emission. The alternate transport for skipping the traffic with zero carbon emission is the way to suggest to travel with Skate Scooter made of Composite Material. Design validation based on various design aspects and simulating the skate scooter to be free from the commonly caused defects by the user handling and make the scooter user friendly. The main aim of the research is to identify the correct material for the base board to sustain in heavy load with minimal amount of wear and tear during the user handling. Studying the various material aspects for the base board to find out which is the best suitable material for the board to carry the maximum load. The design of skate scooter created using SolidWorks. The dynamic analysis of the Skate Scooter is performed using the Abaqus CAE which contains all the three major steps of Simulation pre-processing, analysis and post-processing. The input parameter for the existing model and new design model are same as follows with load of 80 kg and the velocity of 0.01 m/s. The material used in the trail study for the design of the board AISI Steel 1040 and 12% Maple wood. From the analysis results, it is concluded that joining of the board which is moulded with the base board causing failure. Therefore, the new design which provides distributed stress concentration over the screw mounted joint is reduced to half of the existing model.