Escenda Engineering AB is a Gothenburg located engineering consultancy company. They mainly work towards the automotive industry and are a supplier for Polestar Performance AB, which develops high-performance Volvo cars. This thesis is based on an older Bachelor Thesis where a topology optimized, or weight-optimized, wheel was developed for Polestar Performance’s Volvo S60 and V60. The main goal with this thesis is to further develop the obtained results from this wheel. The work-methods that has been chosen for this thesis is the early parts of Fredy Olsson and parts of the design method that is presented by SVID (Stiftelsen Svensk Industridesign, The foundation of Swedish industry design). In this thesis, great importance has been given to research regarding the different manufacturing methods on which the authors believe could be relevant if a wheel of this kind would be manufactured. The thesis will also give an account for various conceptual designs followed by a final conceptual design and end with a critical review regarding the whole project.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hh-34287 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Hägglund, Jonathan, Möller, Oscar |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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