Design and Optimization of the Steering System in Go-Kart

The steering system is one of the most critical and important systems in the vehicle. The steering system of the vehicle must be highly accurate and sensitive to the inputs given by the driver through the steering wheel, such that the vehicle must be able to take high-speed corners and tight corners with high stability without any mechanical failure. In this study, the development and optimization of the steering system in the go-kart are studied elaborately. Go-karts are small racing vehicles with a low center of gravity, low ground clearance, and high speed. The steering system in the go-karts must be highly precise to initiate the tight corners. This study involves the design and optimization of the steering system for the go-karts, which uses the Pitman steering mechanism as the primary steering mechanism and relies on Ackermann steering geometry. In this study of the steering system in a go-kart vehicle, the modeling of the steering system is carried out in SolidWorks and Catia software. And the validation of the steering system components is evaluated using the Ansys software. This study provides the design of an optimized steering system with sufficient details to build the steering system of the go-kart vehicle.