Progettazione e studio tecnologico di un sistema di sterzo per applicazioni sportive

This study has been done in order to design and realize the first version of the steering system for a race car, the Corbellati Missile. The main objective of this thesis is the development of a repeatable and parameterizable calculation procedure according to the manufacturing costraints. The methods shown were used in order to limit the waste of time and money in the prototyping phase, decreasing the tested number of components and exploiting the potential of FEA based on the experimental know how of the Corbellati company. The designed steering system is a rack and pinion system in a Panhard configuration, enterily realized using CNC machine and Abrasive Water Jet cutting. Contrary to the usual construction of the steering boxes, due to the manufacturing constraint, it was opted for a steering box consisting of several elements connected by threaded joints