STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF BUS LIFTING MECHANISM FOR TRANSPORTATION OF WHEELCHAIR AND PHYSICAL DISABLED PEOPLE INTO BUSES

Wan Mazlina Wan Mohamed, Mohamad Afiq Ahmad

Abstract


The aim of this research is to analyse the structure of a modified lifting mechanism in transporting the wheelchair into buses. The design took into account the physical and material properties as well as the safety aspect. The study also include the suitable medium type of load in testing the lifting mechanism. The drawing of the mechanism was carried out using Solid Works and imported into ANSYS for meshing and structural analysis. The analysis of the mechanism include total deformation load and equivalent stress. The results showed that proposed mechanism is able to withstand higher load, thus it indicates that it is safe to support the load of wheelchair with disable person on it. From the view of structural analysis, this solution is viable and it is recommended to carry out dynamic analysis in the future in order to see the motion of the lifting platform during operation.

Keywords


Person with disability (PWD), wheelchair users, physically disabled, lifting mechanism, simulation

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.25292/atlr.v3i0.361

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