DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF THREE WHEELER

ELECTRICAL VEHICLE
(FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED)

PROJECT REPORT

PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY

PUDUCHERRY, INDIA

Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

In

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Submitted by
AMIT KUMAR DEY (15TB2205)
J.KARTHIK (15TB2236)
MANOUWAR ALI ASHRAF (15TB2244)
SHUBHAM KUMAR (15TB2273)

Under the Guidance of

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 Mr. P.MADHAVAN, M. Tech.,
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

ACHARIYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

PUDUCHERRY – 605 110

OCTOBER-2018

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 ACHARIYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

(AFFILIATED TO PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project work entitled “DESIGN AND

FABRICATION OF THREE WHEELER ELECTRICAL VEHICLE (FOR
PHYSICALLY CHANLLENGED)” is a bonafide work done by AMIT KUMAR
DEY (15TB2205), J.KARTHIK (15TB2236), MANOUWAR ALI ASHRAF
(15TB2244), SHUBHAM KUMAR (15TB2273) in partial fulfillment of requirement
for the award of B.Tech Degree in Mechanical Engineering by Pondicherry University
during the academic year 2018-2019.

PROJECT GUIDE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

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Viva-Voce Examination held on __________________

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We take immense pleasure in thanking our chief mentor Dr.J.ARAWINDHAN

of Achariya Educational Trust, for providing us with an environment to complete our
project successfully.

We would like to thank Dr.L.RAMACHANDRAN, Principal, Achariya College

of Engineering Technology for supporting and allowing us to do this project by
providing required time to complete the same.

We thank Mr.M.THIRUMAL, Head of the Department, Department of

Mechanical Engineering for their helpful and supportive role for completing the
project work.

We deem it our duty to place our sincere administration and heartfelt gratitude to
our guide Mr.P.MADHAVAN, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering for having effectively guided and supervised throughout this project.

We express our sincere thanks to Mr.S.ANBUSEZHIAN, Assistant Professor,

Department of Mechanical Engineering and project coordinator for helping us
throughout the project.

We also express our sincere thanks to our teaching and non-teaching staff
members, Department of Mechanical Engineering for helping us throughout the
project.

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 Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank our family members,
friends and well-wishers who have helped us and cooperated for the successful
completion of our project.

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 DECLARATION

We affirm that the project work titled “DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF

THREE WHEELER ELECTRICAL VEHICLE (FOR PHYSICALLY
CHALLENGED)” being submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of
technology in Mechanical Engineering is the original work carried out by us. It has not
formed the part of any other project work submitted for award of any degree or
diploma.

Signature of the Candidate

AMIT KUMAR DEY (15TB2205)

J. KARTHIK (15TB2236)

MANOUWAR ALI ASHRAF (15TB2244)

SHUBHAM KUMAR (15TB2273)

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I certify that the declaration made above by the candidate is true.

Signature of the Guide

(Mr.P.MADHAVAN, M.Tech)

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Achariya College of Engineering Technology, Villianur.

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 ABSTRACT

The main aim of the project is to design and fabricate a “Three wheeler electrical
vehicle (for physically challenged)”. The vehicle should be easily operate by
physically challenged people. The vehicle is design to be propelled by an electric hub
motor mounted in the rear wheel and powered by 48V Lithium-ion battery. There can
be one “Direct-Drive In-Wheel Motor” to generate the necessary torque per wheel.
The main benefits of vehicle are it Eco-friendliness and ease in transportation. This
vehicle helps handicapped people for their self-transportation. It is economical in
electricity consumption; scooter can be driven comfortably with the help of streamline
design of the body.

Keywords: Thee Wheeler Vehicle (TWV), Electrical Vehicle (EV), Electrical

Motor (EM), Lithium-ion battery

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table No Title Page No

4.1 Chassis Specifications 12

6.1 Cost-Estimation 22

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No Title Page No

1.1 First Electrical Vehicle 2

1.2 First Tri-wheeler Electrical Vehicle 3

1.3 Tri-wheeler Car 3

1.4 Types of Three Wheeler Vehicle 3

4.1 Top View of Chassis 11

4.2 Side View of Chassis 11

5.1 Battery 14

5.2 Motor 15

5.3 BLDc Controller 16

5.4 Disc Brake 17

5.5 Band Brake 17

5.6 Drum Brake 18

5.7 Air Brake 18

5.8 Electrical Circuit Diagram 19

5.9 Wheel 20

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 LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATION

RPM : Revolution Per Minute

T : Torque

P : Power

σ : Induced Stress

M : Moment

Z : Section Modulus

V : Voltage

I : Current

FR : Feed Rate

min : Minute

s : Second

kW : Kilowatt

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE NO

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii

ABSTRACT v

LIST OF TABLES vi

LIST OF FIGURES vii

LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS viii

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 History 1

1.2 Electric Automobiles 2

1.3 Three Wheeler Vehicles 3

1.4 Types of Three Wheeler Vehicle 3

1.5 Scooter 4

1.6 Chassis 5

CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 6

CHAPTER 3: AIM, SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES 10

3.1 Aim of the Project 10

3.2 Scope of the project 10

3.3 Objective of the Project 10

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CHAPTER 4: METHODOLOGY 11

4.1 Design 11

4.2 Selection of Material 12

4.3 Fabrication 12

CHAPTER 5: COMPONENT DETAILS 14

5.1 Battery 14

5.2 Motor 15

5.3 Controller 16

5.4 Brake System 17

5.5 Electric Charger 19

5.6 Electric Circuit Diagram 19

5.7 Wheel 20

5.8 Lighting System 20

5.9 Handle 20

5.10 Chassis 20

CHAPTER 6: COST-ESTIMATION 22

CHAPTER 7: RUNNING COST FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE 23

CHAPTER 8: WORK TO BE DONE 24

CHAPTER 9: REFERENCES 25

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