Design and Fabrication of Multi-Purpose Vehicle-1 Chassis

Abstract

The deliverable of the project is to design and fabricate the chassis for first prototype of Multi-Purpose Vehicle (i.e. MPV-1). The project is to provide a chassis on which different components of MPV-1 can be mounted. Main purpose of the car is to fulfill the requirement of being low cost vehicle that can be used by families to travel within the vicinity of their locality. The basic aim was to make the chassis simple and light. Different types of chassis were studied and ultimately Ladder Frame Chassis was chosen for Multi-Purpose Vehicle 1. The reason behind choosing Ladder Frame Chassis was that it was simple and could be fabricated in Manufacturing Resource Centre (MRC), SMME. The chassis frame was modelled in Solid Works and stress analysis was done. After the analysis frame was fabricated in MRC. We used the facilities of Manufacturing Resource Centre (SMME) to fabricate and mount different components on the chassis.