Feasibility of a composite material formed with a waste granular rubber tire on racing vehicle aerodynamic wings

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 97 - 102, 15.12.2020

Berkay Karacor , Mustafa Atakan Atakan Mustafa Özcanlı , Hasan Serin , Oğuz Baş

https://doi.org/10.47495/okufbed.756307

Abstract

In recent years, reducing the cost of vehicles, fuel consumption, and producing environmental-friendly vehicles by minimizing exhaust emissions are the main topics that the automotive industry and researchers emphasize. In this way, more environmental-friendly vehicles will be produced and harmful gasses will be released less into nature. The main subject of this study is to obtain a lighter race wing by using waste rubber granule material. Reducing the fuel consumption and exhaust emission emissions of vehicles is possible by producing vehicles directly from lighter materials. The light weighting studies in recent years are provided by the production of composite materials that have better mechanical properties and enable the production of much lighter parts. In this study, a finite element analysis method was used to compare the application of foam core body and waste rubber granule application to formula vehicle racing wings. The results of the analysis are presented in the figures as distribution of total deformation and Von-Mises stresses. As a result, it has been found that the waste rubber granule material has good mechanical properties and reasonable cost, and it can be used in racing vehicles. In particular, it has been found that the cost of parts used per kilogram is reduced by a tenth.

Keywords

Composites, Racecar Wing, Recycled Tire, Lightweight

Supporting Institution

ÇUKUROVA ÜNİVERSİTESİ BİLİMSEL ARAŞTIRMA PROJELERİ

Project Number

FBA-2019-11936

Thanks

The authors would like to thank the Cukurova University Scientific Research Project Coordination (FBA-2019-11936) for financial support for this project.

Yarış aracı aerodinamik kanatlarında atık granül kauçuk lastik ile oluşturulan kompozit malzemenin fizibilitesi

Abstract

Son yıllarda, araç maliyetini azaltmak, yakıt tüketimi ve egzoz emisyonlarını en aza indirerek çevre dostu araçlar üretmek otomotiv endüstrisinin ve araştırmacıların vurguladığı ana konular arasındadır. Bu şekilde çevre dostu olan araçlar üretilecek ve zararlı gazlar doğaya daha az salınacaktır. Bu çalışmanın ana konusu atık kauçuk granül malzemesi kullanarak daha hafif bir yarış kanadı elde etmektir. Doğrudan daha hafif malzemelerden araçlar üreterek araçların yakıt tüketimini ve egzoz emisyonlarını azaltmak mümkündür. Son yıllardaki hafiflik çalışmaları, daha iyi mekanik özelliklere sahip olan ve çok daha hafif parçaların üretilmesini sağlayan kompozit malzemelerin üretimi ile sağlanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, köpük çekirdek gövdesi ve atık kauçuk granül uygulamasının Formula yarış aracı kanatlarına uygulanmasını karşılaştırmak için sonlu eleman analiz yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçları şekillerde toplam deformasyon ve Von-Mises gerilmelerinin dağılımı olarak sunulmuştur. Sonuç olarak, atık kauçuk granül malzemesinin hem daha iyi mekanik özelliklere hem de makul maliyete sahip olduğu ve yarış araçlarında kullanılabileceği bulunmuştur. Özellikle, kilogram başına kullanılan parçaların maliyetinin onda bir oranında azaldığı görülmüştür.

Keywords

Kompozit, Yarış aracı kanadı, Geri dönüştürülmüş lastik, Hafifletme

Project Number

FBA-2019-11936

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