Material Selection

1023 Carbon Steel

Properties Cast Carbon Steel Low carbon steel
Sheet
Density (kg/m3) 7800 7858 7800
Young’s Modulus (Gpa) 200000 205000 210000
Yield Strength (N/mm2) 248.17 282.69 220.59
Tensile Strength 482.55 425 399.83
Poisson’s Ratio 0.32 0.29 0.28

All material will undergo FEA (Finite Element Analysis) for the same design to calculate
the FOS (Factor of Safety)
 Cast Carbon Steel

Displacement Von Misses Stress

Cast Carbon Steel
Type Minimum Maximum
Von Mises Stress (N/mm2) 1.70e+005 2.25e+002
Resultant Displacement (mm) 7.76e-002 1.47e-004
Yield Strength (Mpa) 248.17
Factor of Safety (FOS) 1.10
 1023 Carbon Steel Sheet

Displacement Von Misses Stress

1023 Carbon Steel Sheet
Type Minimum Maximum
2
Von Mises Stress (N/mm ) 1.72e-005 2.40e+002
Resultant Displacement (mm) 1.90e-004 8.05e-002
Yield Strength (N/mm2) 282.69
Factor of Safety (FOS) 1.17
 Low Carbon Steel

Displacement Von Misses Stress

Low Carbon Steel
Type Minimum Maximum
2
Von Mises Stress (N/mm ) 1.75e-005 2.44e+002
Resultant Displacement (mm) 1.21e-004 7.98e-002
Yield Strength (N/mm2) 220.59
Factor of Safety (FOS) 0.90
 Collision Analysis
• Analysis done for selected material (1023 Carbon Steel Sheet)
• Frontal collision
• Rear collision
• Side collision
• Assumption:
Mass of go kart = 200 kg
Maximum velocity = 50 km/hr
Impact force (all direction of collision) = 10 000 N
 Frontal Collision

Displacement Von Misses Stress

Type Minimum Maximum

Displacement (mm) 0.00e+00 3.84e-01

Von Misses Stress (N/mm2) 0.00e+00 2.94e+03
 Rear Collision

Displacement Von Misses Stress

Type Minimum Maximum

Displacement (mm) 0.00e+00 7.53e-01

Von Misses Stress (N/mm2) 0.00e+00 2.99e+03
 Side Collision

Displacement Von Misses Stress

Type Minimum Maximum

Displacement (mm) 0.00e+00 5.32e-01

Von Misses Stress (N/mm2) 0.00e+00 1.58e+03