The purpose of this project was to design a shopping cart capable of carrying a load of 100kg while maneuvering up and down a 15 cm curb at walking speed.
My role:
- Motion analysis simulation using SolidWorks.
- Detailed performance analysis (incl. shear and bending stress, bearing stress, impact deflection, buckling, fatigue)
- ANSYS simulation to determine stress states (Von Mises) and deflection
Full report can be found HERE.
Simulated Deflection (closer to the true deflection)
Hand Calculated Boundary Conditions (assuming force is acting along a line which is not true)
Maximum Equivalent Von Mises Stress
