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The Convener, Exploratory Project (ME-291)

Department of Mechanical Engineering,
IIT (BHU), Varanasi

Subject :- Work plan for the Exploratory Project (ME-291)

TOPIC OF THE PROJECT:

Design and development of prototype model of 90 degrees mechanism.

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT:

90 degree steering mechanism basically helps to reduce the efforts and space
required for a person to steer his vehicle. The mechanism works at low speed only.
The steering mechanism uses rack and pinion in defined gear ratios with the help
of some bevel gears. The rear wheels are mounted in such a way that the power is
transmitted even when it is being steered through 90 degrees. Advantages of this
system is that it can work in limited space and it reduces the time and effort for
steering through 90 degrees thus making the system more flexible. It can be used
for other applications such as parking, farm vehicles, trucks, forklifts etc.

The project is divided into four major phases:-

● Literature Survey & Research work
● Design & Simulation of the prototype model
● Material Selection
● Fabrication and experimentation of the developed prototype
 1. LITERATURE SURVEY & RESEARCH WORK :
In order to get more insight of the topic and to explore all the possibilities that
could be there, a lot of research work and survey is required. This model can be
used in a lot of ways.
After spending about a month on this topic, we came to know that 90 degrees
steering mechanism can be used in a lot of ways. One of the example that we
found was of a wheelchair. It can be used in wheelchair to smoothen the
functioning of the wheelchair. It would make it very easy if developed properly.
Thus we’ve devoted our first one months for research & surveying.

2. DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF THE PROTOTYPE :

For doing the simulation of our prototype model we will be using a CAD software
CATIA for designing the whole model which will be very useful in analyzing our
prototype and we can reduce all the errors which can be there if we want to direct
build the model.
3. MATERIAL SELECTION FOR OUR PROTOTYPE:

4. FABRICATION AND EXPERIMENTATION OF DEVELOPED PROTOTYPE:

This is the last phase for our project in which we will be assembling all the
selected materials according to the design developed in the CAD software.
This project basically focuses on counter-phase systems in which the rear wheels
turns in the opposite directions as that of the front wheels in almost the same
angles. This causes the system to take large radius turns smoothly and more
efficiently compared to the counter-phase system. The drawback of this system is
that it loses stability on attaining high speeds, i.e. attaining speeds more than
40Kmph but this speed is all it needs for a person on wheel chair and therefore is
taken as the limit speed of the system. The counter phase system is obtained with
the help of gear mechanisms in which racks, spur gears, bevel gears and shafts are
used to link the steering with the rear wheels and the front wheels so that the
steering can control both the front and the rear wheels.

● We have divided our four phases of whole project as follows:

Work plan Duration

Literature survey, Design and research 15 Aug 2018 to 25 Sept 2018
on various sources.
Simulation using CAD software CATIA 25 Sept 2018 to 15 Oct 2018
for prototype design and development.
Selection of various components for 15 Oct 2018 to 25 Oct 2018
the use in model.
Fabrication of the model according to 25 Oct 2018 to 15 Nov. 2018
the design analysis and
experimentation on the model.
Name of Students:
1. Harsheet Jain (17135039)
2. Harshit Agarwal (17135040)
3. Harsh Vardhan Singh (17135110)
4. Harshad Kumbhare (17135038)
5. Divyansh Garg (17135032)
Name of the Supervisor:
Dr. R.R. Sahoo
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT (BHU), Varanasi