Static Structural Analysis of A Skateboard Wheel With Different Materials

Abstract

– Skateboarding starts shrouded in mystery. We do know that it first started in the1950s, whenall across California surfers got the idea of trying to surf the streets. No one really knows who made thefirst board. This sport, which is practiced by young people all over the world, is very common with theeffect of being a place of origin especially in the USA, and it is assumed that it is practiced by approximately7 million people. Due to this intense interest, there are thousands of stores and skate parks besides hundredsof related brands. In this study skateboard wheel with different materials were compared according to staticstructural analysis results. Firstly, a skateboard wheel design was made and this skateboard wheel designwas analyzed using the ansys finite element method. ABS (high impact plastic) and Carbon Fiber was usedas skateboard wheel materials. ABS is cheap material that allows mass produced wheels. Which makesskateboards way cheaper. On the other hand, Carbon Fiber is very expensive and needs more time toproduce. Carbon fiber is way more durable than ABS plastic. But its riding quality and the cost is laggingbehind ABS plastic.