Design optimization and FEM Analysis of a Floating Caliper for BAJA ATV Vehicles

Abstract

In this paper, our aim is to design and built a lightweight single-piston floating caliper, without compromising the performance. The aim is to design a caliper as simple as possible so that the manufacturing cost would be low. Mounting position can also be varied in this design. To make the caliper lighter it is necessary to remove material, Aluminium 7075 is used as the material, and Asbestos is taken as the brake pad material. To maintain the stiffness the material has to be used in a more efficient way. A computer-aided design model of a brake caliper is created in Solidworks and analyzed for stress and deformation in ANSYS Workbench.