AbstrakSebuah rancangan chasis kendaraan listrik disajikan, khususnya simulasi FEM digunakan untuk mensimulasikan berbagai jenis beban dan reaksi pada kerangka kendaraan. Tujuan utama dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan mobil listrik dengan torsion bar, di mana frame akan memiliki sistem suspensi sendiri. Desain bingkai akan dibuat sebagai peralatan asli. Penelitian ini akan fokus pada bagaimana sasis mobil listrik menahan beban tertentu dengan kondisi batas yang ditentukan, di mana analisis dilakukan menggunakan Metode elemen hingga menggunakan perangkat lunak ANSYS. Analisis utama adalah Von-Misses Stress, faktor keamanan, lentur, tegangan geser dan getaran torsion.
AbstractA design of electrical vehicle chasis is presented, specifically a FEM simulation is employed to simulate the different kind of load and reaction on vehicle frame. The main goal in this research is to develop an electric car with torsion bar, where the frame will have a self-suspension system. The frame design will be made as original equipment. This research will focus on how an electric car chassis withstand certain load with a defined boundary condition, where the analysis is conducted using Finite element Method using ANSYS software. The main analysis is the Von-Misses Stress, the safety factor, bending, torsion shear stress and vibration. 98 efficiency, so it will results in a great driving performance. Many famous car manufacturers outside of Indonesia has already developed electric car, for example the Tesla Model S P100D, Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius and many more. Thus, further researches are being conducted towards electric car development.The development can come from many aspects such as the car mileage, the time to charge the power source, the cars weight, since an electric car has more weight than common combustion car. This is due to the weight of the power source, and other components inside an electric car. Thus, with so many components on the vehicle, one of the problems that will arise is the weight that must be supported by the frame of this electric car.