ROCKER-BOGIE MECHANISM

A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted by
JISHNU JAYARAJ , INDU M HARIDAS ,JINIL M K ,SUDHEESH P
In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Under the guidance of

Mr ARUN

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

GOVT ENGINEERING COLLEGE SREEKRISHNAPURAM

March, 2015

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the report titled ROCKER-BOGIE MECHANISM is a bona-fide
record of the work related to the paper ME09 607(P):MINI PROJECT done by
MAHESH KIYYATH (VEAMEME072), MANOJ K BABU (VEAMEME075),
MUGHIL ANIRUDHAN (VEAMEME082), SACHIN SUNNY N (VEAMEME097) ,
VISHNU P S (VEAMEME120) of S6 B Tech (ME) (2012 admissions) of Vidya Academy
of Science & Technology, Thrissur - 680 501 in partial fulfillment of the requirement for
the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology of University of Calicut

Project Guide

Head of the Department

Place: VAST Campus

Date:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With immense pleasure and utmost respect we extend our heartfelt gratitude to our
advisor Prof. K V Soolapani Varrier, Head of the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thalakkottukara ,whose
pragmatic suggestions ,erudite guidance ,amiable support ,friendly cooperation ,constant
evaluation and for providing us with all facilities throughout the study period made our
mini project an easy task. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to our
friends for all their support and to all the faculty members of Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering, for their valuable suggestions and feedback. We truly admire our parents for
the constant encouragement and enduring support.Above all we bow our heads before the
God, ALMIGHTY whose blessings enabled us to undertake this venture successfully.
MAHESH KIYYATH
MANOJ K BABU
MUGHIL ANIRUDHAN
SACHIN SUNNY N
VISHNU P S

CONTENTS

Title

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Abstract

List of figures

II

List of tables

III

1. Introduction

2. Literary Survey

3. Rocker-Bogie Suspension

3.1 Theory

3.2 Forces Involved

4. Designing

5. Components and Tools

5.1 Components

5.2 Tools

6. Advantages

7. Disadvantages

10

8. Applications

11

9. Cost Sheet

12

10. Scope for Future Work

13

12. Conclusion

14

Reference

15

ABSTRACT

In this work we are presenting a special kind of suspension system called ROCKER
BOGIE MECHANISM which is extensively used in mars rovers. The rocker-bogie
suspension system was first used for the Mars Rover Sojourner .The intelligently
designed wheel suspension allows the vehicle to traverse over very uneven or rough
terrain and even climb over obstacles. The suspension has symmetric structure on both
sides of the rover chassis and supports a total of six wheels, three on each side. The
mechanism is constructed from two rigid parts. The link connected with a rotary joint to
the chassis is called the rocker. The bogie is connected to the rocker via another rotary
joint.

II

LIST OF FIGURES

Title

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3.1 Rocker-bogie suspension

3.2 Kinematic diagram

4.1 Drawing

4.2 Working model (side view)

4.3 Working model (top view)

III

LIST OF TABLES

Title
5.1 Components
9.1 Cost sheet

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