Abstract

Motorcycles are mostly utilized by commuters whose requirements are cheap and affordable transportation from point A to point B. Motorcycles also provide means to tour various places and have a leisure time for the majority of motorcyclists. Unfortunately, with pros also come cons such as accidents which are disabling or life-taking. According to motorcycle crash statistics produced every year, the majority of motorcycle crashes are caused due to facing unexpected obstacles in the path causing collisions due to insufficient braking time. Thus, this thesis serves as a mean to overcome this issue and provide a technological solution to the world of motorcyclists.

The thesis initially covers the introduction to the history of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Simulations. Consequently, the modeling aspects of the motorcycle and the active aerodynamics concepts are studied and explained in detail in conjunction with the usage of PTC Creo 3.0. The subsequent chapters explain the Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations setup, processing and post processing of the results utilizing ANSYS Workbench and its modules Design Modeller, Mesh, FLUENT and Post Process. Finally, the rapid prototyping using Stratasys UPrint 3D Printing and wind tunnel validation aspects of the project are discussed leading to key conclusions and discussions.

This thesis is aimed to be an innovation to help protect motorcyclists from fatalities and also stands as a means to demonstrate engineering capabilities in producing real-world solutions through low-cost and viable simulation sciences.

Advisor

Craig Evers

Committee Member

Kuldeep Agarwal

Committee Member

Winston Sealy

Date of Degree

2017

Language

english

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology

College

Science, Engineering and Technology

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