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BIKE RACK FOR TOYOTA 4RUNNER

Mechanical Structure design

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CUSTOMER NEEDS

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For this project, the customer asks to design a light-weight bike rack that can hold 3 bikes in the back of a TOYOTA 4Runner. The material of the rack needs to be chosen, the dimension of the rack needs to be calculated, and the cross-section shape needs to be designed.

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FULL REPORT

The report contains the whole process of the project, including hand calculation, CAD model, and Finite Element Analysis report and analysis of the data.

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CAD MODEL & SITMULATION

After hand calculation, the cross-section shape and the dimension of the rack are determined. The detailed calculations are included in the file at the bottom. Then, a corresponding CAD model is generated to be validated by the finite element analysis in Autodesk Inventor.

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After the Finite Element analysis, The mechanical design of the bike rack is verified to be feasible.

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