Eventos Anais de eventos
COBEM 2019
25th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
PROPOSAL OF A RACING WHEELCHAIR PARTIALLY BUILT IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE
Submission Author:
Thiago Donegá , MG
Co-Authors:
Thiago Donegá, Diego Augusto Costa Alves, Márcio Peres de Souza, CLEUDMAR ARAÚJO
Presenter: Thiago Donegá
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2019.COB2019-0746
Abstract
Among the advances evidenced over time in race wheelchairs, the use of new materials and the reduction of the mass of the equipment stand out. Thus, the objective of the present work is to evaluate the use of a structural profile partially constructed with the use of additive manufacturing. Computational simulation of the structure was done by the finite element method, considering part manufactured by additive manufacture and part made of aluminum. The results showed that the structure supports the applied static loads and the weight of new structure is lower than other commercial racing wheelchairs. We conclude that it is possible to build equipment that partially uses manufacturing by the additive manufacturing method and that other materials must be tested to evaluate the most suitable material.
Keywords
Racing Wheelchairs, Finit Elements, Paralympics, Additive manufacturing
