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CONEM 2022
XI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica - CONEM 2022
PLASTIC BICYCLE FRAME DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Submission Author:
João Batista de Aguiar , SP
Co-Authors:
João Batista de Aguiar
Presenter: João Batista de Aguiar
doi://10.26678/ABCM.CONEM2022.CON22-0804
Abstract
There is a great amount of plastic material, of different types, available worldwide that end up discharged in nature causing great polution. This material could be used in several applications. Construction of bike frames is one of them. This ideia is pursued here in the design of a plastic frame for a road bicycle. In an iterative procedure, the drawing of frame elements is considered first with the assemblage of the frame ensuing next. Finite element modeling and analysis is used afterwards to evaluate the design. Failure modes are investigated. Once considered adequate, connector parts produced in a 3D printer are to be assembled with tubular elements in a very simple and cheap manner. The solution has promissing advantages over similar designs.
Keywords
frame concept, drawings, Finite Element Model, 3D printing, assemblage
