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For human being travelling has become vital. To sustain in this fast forward world, we must travel from place to place. Compared to fuel-based vehicles Electric vehicles are efficient to use and it is economical and Eco friendly too. The aim of the project is to design and fabricate the frame for electric motorcycle. The frame comes under Cafe Racer segment. The frame must sustain for the point load and the surface load acting on it. The frame must be designed in a way such that the frame can accommodate the major driving mechanisms of the motorcycle. In this work numerical analysis is carried out using Ansys FEA software to determine the failure of the frame. The material selected for this work is mild steel. The final design is selected based on the factor of safety (FOS), stress and strain value. As the obtained values satisfies the requirement, the frame has been moved on to the fabrication process with respect to the designed CAD Modelling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copper-based sintered materials with ceramic reinforcements and solid lubricants are identified as potential brake pad materials for heavy-duty applications (wind turbine), because of their prime thermal and tribological properties. However, the presence of ceramic reinforcement reduces the joint strength between the brake pad and the substrate material. The reduction in joint strength may lead to catastrophic failure of the braking system in the wind turbines when brakes are applied suddenly. This study attempts to synthesize functionally gradient material (FGM), which has a gradient composition of the ceramic particles along the traverse section. FGM was synthesized layer by layer deposition of Cu, Fe, Sn, Cg, SiC, Al2O3 powders with gradient composition. Microstructure, phases, and microhardness of the specimen were analyzed. Tribological studies were performed to assess the wear rate and friction coefficient of the FGM at various loads. The surface morphology of the worn surface was characterized using field emission scanning electron microscope. The [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]