Choosing the Optimum Material for Making a Bicycle Frame
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C. Rontescu, T. D. Cicic, C. G. Amza, O. Chivu, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. D. Dobrotă, Engineering Faculty, University “Constantin Brâncuşi” of Târgu-Jiu, România This paper presents the results obtained following the Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations on a bike frame made of 3 different materials, Al6061, Carbon Fiber and Ti6Al4V, in order to identify the optimum material for the manufacture of the respective frame. The parts of the frame made of Al6061, Ti6Al4V will be joined using the WIG method (wolfram inert gas). Considering the results obtained and following the experiments we can see that the optimum material for making the bike frame is Ti6Al4V, but the main impediment for the large-scale use of the material is the high cost
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