Desenvolvimento de um projeto de sistema de suspensão traseira aplicado a um protótipo de veículo de competição estilo moto3

Abstract

University engineering competitions are initiatives of fundamental importance for the promotion of scientific research and the diffusion and exchange of knowledge, providing valuable experiences in the work’s market and providing a concrete opportunity to direct the students to their future careers. Among the university disputes, there is the International Motostudent Competition, which is a challenge among university teams from around the world, inspired by the Moto3 category of the World Motorcycle Championship. In this scenario, the objective of this work is to develop a project of rear suspension for a motorcycle prototype of the Motorius Racing Team of the Federal University of Paraíba, participant of the Motostudent competition, so that it serve as a theoretical support to the materialization of suspension’s components that will be part of the team's future motorcycle prototypes. To this end, subjects pertaining to the design of the suspension system will be presented, using literature recognized in the area, and then will be applied the methodology based in knowledge of Process of Product Development, which separates the activities needed to design the suspension system in four phases: Project Planning, Conceptual Design, Preliminary Design and Detailed Design. In support of the project development, Adams® and Solidworks® softwares will be used. The application of such methodology has made relevant contributions not only at suspension system design, but also how to proceed in the design development of any desired product.