January 22 2019

FINAL YEAR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, PERI IT, STUDENTS PARTICIPATION IN GO KART DESIGN CHALLENGE- 2018

Indian Society Of New Era Engineers – Go Kart Design Challenge:

The aim of ISNEE GKDC is to test the functionality and ability of go karts fabricated by various teams from the different educational institutes spread across the country.

Our College Team:

25 members from PERI Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical engineering formed a team named as MASFORCE

Student Name

Designation/Department

Ganesh Raj

Team Captain/Vehicle Dynamics

Alex Steve

Team Manager/Brakes

Gokulnath

Manufacturing Head/Vehicle Dynamics

Bolas Selvan

Head Of Brakes Department

Naveen kumar

Manufacturing/Driver 2

Dinesh Aravind

Head Of Steering Department

Brian Alister Lobow

Head Of Transmission Department

Naveen

Head Of Marketing Department

Balaji

Designing

Anil Kumar

Manufacturing

Gopinath

Transmission/Marketing

Dinesh Kumar

Designing

Bruce Winston

Brakes/Manufacturing

Ganesh Raj

Steering/Manufacturing

Alex Steve

Steering/Tool Management

Anil Kumar

Marketing/Driver 1

Hari Krishnan

Tool Management

Abiraj

Marketing

Girinath

Manufacturing/Marketing

Aldrin prakesh

Manufacturing

Purushotaman

Manufacturing

Bharani dharan

Manufacturing

Mohanraman

Manufacturing

Serbin

Manufacturing

Gopala chowdary

Manufacturing

Srinath

Service

Alwin Abraham

Painting

Thillai venthan

Painting

Objective of MASFORCE:

MASFORCE aims at fabricating a go kart that is light and fast with enhanced ergonomics that ensures the safety of the driver and comfort without compromising the functionality or performance of the go kart.

Technical Specification

Overall Length: 1747 mm
Wheel Base: ; 1288. mm
Track Width : 1050. mm
Turning Radius: 2400 mm
Steering Effort: 4 N
Steering Ratio: 1:1
Steering mechanism: Four bar link mechanism
Steering Wheel Dia: 254mm
Braking System: Hydraulic Braking System
Master Cylinder: Clutch master cylinder
Calliper: Floating type calliper
Disc: 180.5 mm
Pedal Ratio: 4:1
Wheel Dia:(Front) 254 mm
Wheel Dia :(Rear) 279.4 mm
Gear Box: Four speed manual gear box
Engine: 150cc Suzuki GS150r
Engine torque: 14 Nm
C.G Height: 135.382 mm
Ground Clearance: 38.1 mm

Inspection and Approval:

A Skype inspection of the Go-kart was conducted on 22.01.2019. Road tests were also conducted and videos sent to the ISNEE. The team has been selected and they are now going to participate in the race to be conducted in Delhi.

A demo drive of the Go Kart was conducted in the presence of COO and Principal on 25.01.2019.

Rank secured:

We secured 7th position all over India and 1st among colleges in Tamil Nadu. A shield of appreciation was given to our team and the event came to an end filled with glee.