ME-497 Capstone Design project:Design and Analysis of Automated Pneaumatic Jack System deploying Vehicle Exahust Power

Amid the increasing awareness on environmental impact and volatility of fossil fuel dependence, the research on the recovery of waste automotive power and exhaust energies technologies has enticed globally.To date, various innovative designs and pilot demonstrations have gained significant thrust in the automobileindustry. Conventionally car trailers use a mechanical feature to allow the human to raise the vehicle bymanual force, by using the screw thread power or hydraulic jack which uses manual or hydraulic power. Thesetraditional Jack systems are either costly or require substantial laborious physical efforts. This researchpresents and examines the development of the car jack for emergency use using internal waste heat energy
recovery. The automatic easy carjack utilizes this power source to save individuals having to exert any energywhich is suitable for elderly and disabled people.  To evaluate the design, a systematic morphological analysiswas carried out to understand and ensure the efficacy of power, safety factors, and force (weight)sustainment. The Pneumatic Jack was developed utilizing the Solid works® which provides a detailed analysisof system integrity. The behavior of airbags was numerically validated viz Von Mises stress, Strain, andDeformation in two directions. Furthermore, final touches of optimization for preliminary design were madeby engineering analysis with ANSYS software. Finally, the fabrication strategy is envisaged to manufacture the
carjacker most economically but to have enough power to lift and hold the car as a normal carjacking
assembly.