Car Jack Analysis
This is my report regarding the “Design and Analysis of a Car Jack”. This report focuses on analyzing a given car jack using an excel spreadsheet and solidworks. The spreadsheet is used to do the loading analysis and equations on the link bar and support components of the car jack. This analysis was used to calculate the maximum and minimum loading forces from the lowest position to the highest on each component. Using the given car jack, I have created an excel sheet to analyze these loading positions. I then used the Solidworks parts to perform a design check and FEA simulations on all major components and compared these with the analysis. The results show that the car jack has a maximum loading force at the lowest height position. It is also shown that the maximum torque on the bolt is when the bolt in non-lubricated.