PROGRESS REPORT

ON

360 DEGREE FOUR WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM

Submitted by:

AKSHAY BANSAL 2513569

SUMIT JANGRA 2513543

SONU SHARMA 2513577

GOURAV 2513576

Under the guidance of:

Dr. ANURADHA PARINAM

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA

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Introduction:
Modern development and economical progression of Indian society resulted in increase of cars
on roads. Due to space constraints, car parking is the major problem faced in most parts of the
country. Present study aims for development of a system to reduce the turning radius of a car.
The indigenously developed system consists of Ackerman steering and various mechanism
with arrangement of the various kinematics links. In this system at first vehicle is stopped and
wheels are then turned in the required direction with the help of steering system. This system
can be useful in better parking, traffic jam, back turning on narrow roads, etc.

Now-a-days peoples are preferring the bigger cars that are powerful, have better aesthetic and
ergonomic features and easy to drive like Ford Icon, Maruti, SX4, Tata Indigo, Honda City,
Mercedes Benz, Volkswagens, Nissan etc. Till recently all vehicles were steered by turning the
front wheels in the desired direction, with the rear wheels following. Conventionally the front
axle is the dead axle. However, these days this is true for heavy vehicles only. In four wheel
drive vehicles and most of the cars, front axle is a live axle. Due to increasing demand and
supply of cars, roads are over flowed by vehicles. There is severe problem of parking at home,
parking at public places and multiplexes, traffic jam etc.

Proposed objectives of project are as follows:

1. To ease the lane changing at high speeds making it less steering intensive.
2. To improve the straight-line stability at high speeds.
3. To minimize the negative effects of road irregularities on the vehicles stability.
4. To make the wheels rotate at their own axis.
5. To minimize vehicles turning radius which enables the U- turns easily.
6. To achieve better stability of the vehicle.
7. To enable the vehicle to turn 360 degrees, without moving from the spot, i.e. the vehicle
has zero turning radius.

Working:

It works on the principle of chain drive which is connected by the steering wheel.

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 Fig.1 Four wheel steering system [1]

When steering wheel is rotated in clockwise direction all wheels will be rotated at their own
axis and faces in one direction only.

In this arrangement, the iron frame is connected with the help of sprockets fixed on shafts on
which chain is engaged. When steering wheel is used it lets the driver to drive the vehicle
smoothly and park in limited space also.

Work done so far:

1. Steering wheel is welded with the sprocket.
2. The frame is joined by four angle iron rods.
3. Bolts are fastened on which bearings are mounted.
4. Wheels are fastened by means of u shaped iron strip arrangement in which space wheels
can be rotated.

Goals set for the next progress report:

1. Rod joining with chassis or frame by welding.
2. Wheels mounting in the arrangement.
3. To check proper balancing and smooth running of wheels.
4. To troubleshoot the improper working of steering system.
5. To ensure the project is conformed to all the design specifications.
6. To lubricate all moving parts to prevent them from corrosion.

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Project Progress by our team members:
All team members are working equally to complete the project in time.

Fig. 2 Frame fabrication

Fig. 3 Frame welding

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 Fig. 4 Rods welding

Fig. 5 Wheels adjustment by ring spanners

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References :
1. Jaishnu Moudgil, 360 Rotating Vehicle to Overcome the Problem of Parking Space
International Journal of Research in Mechanical Engineering & Technology, Vol. 5,
Issue 2, May - Oct 2015.
2. Kirpal Singh, Automobile Engineering, Standard publishers, 2010.