INNOVATIVE DESIGN OF NEW HEARTWHEEL

MECHANISM FOR ACTUATION OF SPOILERS

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

A.JOSEPH RIJUL RAJ 312313114083

J.JENIF RATHNA SINGH 312313114076

In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
in
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ST.JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING CHENNAI

ANNA UNIVERSITY::CHENNAI 600 119

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BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project work on “INNOVATIVE DESIGN OF NEW

HEARTWHEEL MECHANISM FOR ACTUATION OF SPOILERS” is a
bonafide work of A.JOSEPH RIJUL RAJ (312313114083) and J.JENIF
RATHNA SINGH (312313114076) that carried out the project under my
supervision,

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

Dr. S.ARIVAZHAGAN ME., Ph.D. Mr. Karthikeyan KMB., ME.,

VICE PRICNIPAL & HOD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering
St. Joseph’s college of engineering St. Joseph’s college of engineering
Jeppiar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi road, Jeppiar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi road,
Chennai - 6000119 Chennai - 6000119
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 CERTIFICATE OF EVALUATION

COLLEGE NAME: ST.JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

BRANCH : MECHANICAL
SEMESTER : VIII

SI.NO Name of the student who Title of the project Name of the
have done the project supervisor with
designation

1) A.JOSEPH RIJUL RAJ INNOVATIVE Mr. Karthikeyan

(312313114083) DESIGN OF NEW KMB ME.,
2) J.JENIF RATHNA SINGH HEARTWHEEL (ASSISTANT
(312313114076) MECHANISM FOR PROFESSOR)
ACTUATION OF
SPOILERS

This report of the project work is submitted by the above students in partial
fulfillment for the award of BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING in
Anna University where evaluated and confirmed to be reports of work done by the
above students and then evaluated.
Submitted for UNIVERSITY PRACTICAL EXAMINATION held on:…………...

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The contentment and elation that accompany the successful completion of any
work would be incomplete without mentioning the people who made it possible.

Words are inadequate in offering my sincere thanks and gratitude to our respected
Managing Director and Chairman Dr.B Babu Manoharan, M.A.,M.B.A.,Ph.D.,
and our beloved principal Dr.Vaddi Seshagiri Rao, M.E.,M.B.A.,Ph.D., for
having encouraged me to do my under graduation in Mechanical engineering in
this esteemed college.

We also express my sincere thanks and most heartfelt sense of gratitude to our
eminent Head of the Department Dr. Arunkumar N, M.E.,Ph.D., (student affairs)
and Dr. Arivazhagan, M.E.,Ph.D., for having extended their helping hand at all
times.

It is with deep sense of gratitude that we acknowledge our indebtedness to my

beloved supervisor Mr. Karthikeyen KMB, M.E., a perfectionist for his expert
guidance and suggestion.
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
NO: TITLE NO:

ABSTRACT viii
LIST OF TABLES ix
LIST OF FIGURES x
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 HISTORY 1
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 1
2.1 MECHANISM 1
2.2 TYPES OF MECHANISMS 2
2.2.1 Kinematic Pairs 3
2.2.2 Planar Mechanism 4
2.2.3 Spherical Mechanism 4
2.2.4 Spatial Mechanism 5
2.2.5 Gear and Gear trains 5
2.2.6 Cam and Follower Mechanism 5
2.2.7 Linkages 6
2.2.8 Flexure Mechanism 7
2.3 PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE MECHANISM 7
2.3.1 Centrifugal Force 7
2.3.2 Centripetal Force 8
2.3.3 Pascal’s Law 9
2.3.4 Hydrostatics 10

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 2.4 SPOILERS 10
2.4.1 In Racing Cars 11
2.4.2 In Passenger Cars 11
2.4.3 Material Types 12
2.4.4 Other Common Spoiler Types 13
2.4.5 Active Spoilers 13
2.4.6 Other Vehicles 13
3 MATERIALS AND METHODS 15
3.1 SELECTION OF MATERIALS 15
3.2 MATERIALS USED 16
3.2.1 Heartwheel 16
3.2.2 Shaft 16
3.2.3 Nut and Bolt 17
3.2.4 Washers 18
3.2.5 D.C Motor 19
3.2.6 Pipe Connector 20
3.2.7 Reciprocating Cylinder 21
3.2.8 Connecting Tubes 21
3.2.9 Connecting Wires 22
3.2.10 T-Joint 23
3.2.11 Cylinder Weights 23
4 DESIGN AND CALCULATIONS 25
4.1 2D SKETCHER 25
4.1.1 Housing 25
4.1.2 Nut and Bolt 25
4.1.3 Coupling 26

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 4.2 3D SKETCHER 26
4.2.1 Assembly Front View 26
4.2.2 Top and Side View 27
4.2.3 Isometric View 27
4.3 CALCULATION 28
4.3.1 Given 29
4.3.2 To Find 29
4.3.3 Formula 29
4.3.4 Solution 30
WORKING 32
5 REALTIME PHOTO 33
6 ADVANTAGES & APPLICATION 34
8 SPOILERS 35
8.1 ACTUATION OF SPOILERS 35
8.2 DESIGN OF SPOILERS 36
8.3 WORKING OF SPOILERS 37
9 COST ESTIMATION 38
10 CONCLUSION 39
REFERENCES

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 ABSTRACT

In current scenario energy production by mechanical, electrical and

electronic methods have become and costly economical problem. Inventions are
aimed at using the waste energy for enhancing existing function or creating a new
application. This project is totally based on conceiving pressure force from waste
energy and how it can be used in various applications embedded in vehicle without
sacrificing space and cost.

The proposed system that is Heartwheel Mechanism can be used for

using the waste energy and can be applied to operate certain functions like
actuating centrifugal clutch, actuating spoilers at high speeds, disengaging
turbochargers at high speeds, replacement for governor at vehicles, sensing
element to measure speed, can be used to couple dynamo in regenerative breaking,
can be used as speedometers, can be used to alert during power production in wind
mills, can be used to operate starters in dc motors and have various applications
related to rotational force.

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table No: Title Page No:

3.1 Materials used 15
9.1 Cost estimation 38

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No: Title Page No:

3.1 Heartwheel 16
3.2 Shaft 17
3.3 Nut and bolt 18
3.4 Washer 19
3.5 DC Motor 19
3.6 Pipe connector 20
3.7 Reciprocating cylinder 21
3.8 Connecting tubes 22
3.9 Connecting wires 22
3.10 T-Joint 23
3.11 Cylinder Weights 24
4.1 2D sketch- Housing 25
4.2 2D sketch- Nut and bolt 25
4.3 2D sketch- Coupling 26
4.4 3D sketch- Assembly Front view 26
4.5 3D sketch- Top and Side view 27
4.6 3D sketch- Isometric view 27
4.7 Calculations 28
6.1 Real time photo 1 23
6.2 Real time photo 2 33
8.1 Catia- Isometric view 35
8.2 Catia- Side view 36
8.3 Catia- Top view 36