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MM: Fachverband Metall- und Materialphysik

MM 9: Poster

MM 9.72: Poster

Monday, March 17, 2025, 18:30–20:30, P1

Fiber composite materials in construction of go-cart. — •Mikhail Brusnikin — Moscow, Russia

Lightweighting any vehicle, especially sports equipment, has always been a pertinent issue, and I aimed to determine how significantly material substitution would affect the mass of the power structure by using modern composite constructions instead of classical steel solutions, with the condition of maintaining the same torsional stiffness as the steel sample.

Fiber composite materials are currently at the forefront of technology in terms of stiffness-to-weight ratio and are sufficiently accessible for my research, which was focused on their application in a sports device such as a go-kart.

The assumptions regarding the weight of the final product, which were proposed at the beginning of the research, turned out to be erroneous. Even in the best-case scenario, the weight reduction of the construction was less than anticipated.

Keywords: Fiber composite materials; Light weight; Sport equipment