Abstract
<jats:p>The chassis frame forms the backbone of a vehicle; its principal function is to safely carry the maximum load for all designed operating conditions. This paper describes design and analysis of vehicle chassis. Weight reduction is now the main issue in automobile industries. In the present work, the dimensions of an existing vehicle chassis frame of a MAHINDRA BOLERO vehicle is taken for modeling and analysis of a vehicle chassis frame with three different composite materials namely, Carbon/Epoxy, E-glass/Epoxy and S-glass /Epoxy subjected to the same pressure as that of a steel chassis frame. The design constraints were stresses and deflections. The three different composite vehicle chassis frames have been modeled by considering three different cross-sections. Namely C, I and Box type cross sections. For validation the design is done by applying the vertical loads acting on the horizontal different cross sections. Software’s used in this work are PRO – E for modeling, ANSYS for analysis.</jats:p>