CRASH ANALYSIS OF MARUTI ALTO 800 USING ANSYS

Faculty Guide: Dr. K. Prabhakaran Nair

Amal Nath M B100362ME

Aban Tom Isaiah B100350ME

R Vishnu Raj B100137ME

Nived Govind K B100335ME

Vishnu S B100331ME

ABSTRACT

CRASH ANALYSIS OF MARUTI ALTO 800 USING ANSYS

An automobile body acts as a crumpling zone to absorb the energy of impact of a

collision. It provides most of the vehicle rigidity in bending and torsion and helps

minimize injury to the passengers in the event of a crash.

In this project, we design Maruti Alto 800 body in SolidWorks and simulate the

impact on car body upon frontal head-on collision and analyze the crash, making

use of ANSYS, which is based on Finite Element Method. The stresses and

deflections induced in different nodes of the car body are studied and suitable

alterations to the design are suggested.

As a first step, the outer frame of the car is designed and the simulation is

performed. Then, parts are progressively added and difference in stress

concentrations are studied.