Stowage Concepts for a Future Autonomous Car
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
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Publicerad
2019
Författare
Chandraiah Shivappa, Anirudha
Gandhi, Sangeeth
Modellbyggare
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Abstract
Autonomous vehicles are reshaping the way car interiors are designed today. With radical
concepts for interiors being launched, the luggage brought into the car by the passenger
raises new safety issues. This thesis is an exploration of design concepts for luggage
retention solutions that could meet the demands of different usage scenarios of an AD (autonomous
drive) car. Based on surveys, interviews, literature review and benchmarking,
the team established the requirements from customer, company and market perspectives
which was then referred to generate the morphological matrix. Using this, 22 concepts
were developed. These concepts were put through rigorous screening and scoring until it
was concluded to pursue three concepts for further development. The top two concepts
were combined into one solution and pursued as the main product design for detailed
engineering study. Another concept was also developed into a solution due to it being a
unique and patentable product. The two solutions were drawn using CAD and the choice
of material for each component was investigated with emphasis on cost and sustainability.
Further, the designs were updated for ease of assembly and the time to assemble the
product was estimated. For the final evaluation, working prototypes of the solution were
fabricated and installed in the AD test rig.