ROCKER BOGIE MECHANISM

A Mini Project Report

Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the
Requirements for the award of the degree
of
Bachelor of technology
in
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BY
JISHNU JAYARAJ

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapuram
April 2015

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project report entitled ROCKER BOGIE MECHANISM
submitted by JISHNU JAYARAJ (EPAMEME024) in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of the Bachelor of technology in Mechanical Engineering and submitted to the
Department of Mechanical Engineering of Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapuram
is a authentic record of our group work carried out during a period from January 2015 to April
2015 under the supervision of Assistant Professor ARUN .P.S , ME department.

SIGNATURE

SIGNATURE

Mr. Arun P.S

Dr.A.Selvakumar

Assisstant Professor

Head of the Department

Department of ME

Department of ME

Govt. Engineering College

Govt. Engineering College

Sreekrishnapuram

Sreekrishnapuram

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With immense pleasure and utmost respect we extend our heartfelt gratitude and
unforgettable indebtedness to our advisor Mr.Arun P.S., Assistant Professor, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Govt. Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram, whose pragmatic
suggestions, erudite guidance, unstinted mental support, friendly cooperation, amiable support,
constant evaluation and comments throughout the study period made our mini project an easy
task. We express our sincere thanks to him.
We take this opportunity to place on record our sincere thanks to Dr. A. Selvakumar,
Head of the Department, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Govt. Engineering College,
Sreekrishnapuram, , for constant help in a way of extending the facilities available in the
college for conducting the present study
We express our deep sense of gratitude to Mr. Leeju C, Assisstant Professor, Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Govt. Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram for his catalytic
advice, decisive comments and support during the entire work..We would like to acknowledge the
academic and technical support provided by our esteemed institution, Govt. Engineering
College, Sreekrishnapuram in the successful completion of the mini project.
We greatly thankful to Mr. Anurag , Assistant Professor , Dept. of Computer Science,
Govt. Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram for providing facilities for accomplishment of
this task. We express our deep sense of gratitude to Mr.Jayakrishnan S , Lab Assistant ,Dept.of
Mechanical Engineering, Govt. Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram , for providing the lab
facilities.
We cant forget sincere helps offered by our friends, Deepak Raj., Manoj. They were with
us up to the end. Let us place on record our heartiest thanks to Balagopal,R., for his help during
the course of work .
Above all we bow our heads before the God, ALMIGHTY whose blessings enabled us to
undertake this venture successfully.
Jishnu Jayaraj

ABSTRACT

In this work we are presenting a special kind of suspension system called

ROCKER BOGIE MECHANISM which is extensively used in mars rovers. The rocker-bogie
suspension system was first used for the Mars Rover Sojourner .The intelligently designed wheel
suspension allows the vehicle to traverse over very uneven or rough terrain and even climb over
obstacles. The suspension has symmetric structure on both sides of the rover chassis and supports
a total of six wheels, three on each side. The mechanism is constructed from two rigid parts. The
link connected with a rotary joint to the chassis is called the rocker. The bogie is connected to the
rocker via another rotary joint.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introduction

Literature survey

Rocker bogie suspension

3.1

Theory

3.2

Forces involved

Design

Components And Tools Used

Advantages

Disadvantages

10

Societal Impacts

11

Cost Sheet

12

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Scope For Future Work

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Conclusion

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Reference

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LIST OF FIGURES
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Rocker bogie mechanism

Kinematic diagram of rocker bogie

Drawing

Working Model

LIST OF TABLES
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TABLE

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Components

Cost Sheet

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