<![CDATA[The growing demand for electrical energy and the limited supply of fossil fuel resources have driven the development of energy collecting devices as sustainable sources of alternative energy. One interesting solution is to gather the mechanical energy created by passing vehicles and turn it into electrical energy via speed bump energy harvesting. The study is intended to analyze the static structural features of a speed hump by applying the FEA approach using SolidWorks Simulation 2023. The analysis was performed on two key components: the speed bump pad and the supporting frame constructed of steel AISI 1020. Von mises stress, strain, displacement and safety factor were studied. Simulation findings showed that the maximum stress on the speed bump pad is 8.814 x 105 N/m^2, maximum strain is 3.196 x 10-6, and the minimum safety factor is 398.9. At the same time, the maximum stress of the supporting frame was 1.578 × 10⁵ N/m², the maximum strain was 2.683 × 10⁻⁵ and the minimum safety factor was 50.31. The stresses were well below the yield strength of AISI 1020 steel, indicating safe structural behaviour with no permanent deformation. The analysis shows that the proposed design is physically reliable and applicable as an energy collecting system in sustainable transportation infrastructure.]]>
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