Análisis de un prototipo de tanque de combustible para motocicletas fabricado con material compuesto (fibra de vidrio) mediante ensayos físicos según la norma J SAE JASO T906-2002.

Abstract

The objective of the present Special Project is to analyze the design and prototype of the fuel tank for motorcycles, the most suitable types of tests given by the J SAE JASO T906-2002 standards have been chosen, in order to be able to justify the mass production of the prototype in our country, for which we have chosen 7 physical tests and 2 tests on the strength of the material for the elaboration of the present special project, starting with the manufacture of three fuel tank prototypes made of composite material (fiberglass) with the ease of the design already made for being a continuation of the study. Specimens were prepared and the conditioning as described therein, after the tests results were obtained which serve to justify the manufacturing of the fuel tank. The tests were carried out by applying the procedures described in the norm, with the creation of an assembly bed specified in the above mentioned norm and using existing equipment in the laboratories of the Faculty of Mechanics of the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo and the Center for the Development of Productive Metal mechanics Bodybuilding (CFPMC). From the results obtained, we conclude that due to the characteristics of the material and by the manufacturing process of the fuel tank is not suitable to be mass manufactured in our country, a new type of material is recommended to be able to build fuel tanks to generate a national production.