MECH 4430 09 SPRING
Syllabus
Syllabus
Notes
Design
Acceleration
Internal Combustion Engines
Electrical Machines and
Batteries
Hybrid Propulsion Plants
– Series
Hybrid Propulsion Plants -
Parallel
Brakes
Suspension
Steering
Materials
Structure
Crashworthiness
Reliability
Manufacturing
Ergonomics
Homework Presentation Standard
Presentation Standard
Homework Assignments
HW1
HW2
HW3
HW4
HW5
HW6
HW7
HW8
HW9
Self-Test Guideline
Self-Test Guideline
Midterm Solution
Midterm Solution
Ergonomics
Anthropometric
data for U.S. adults
Diverse Technical Data
Wire Sizes
FSAE 2005 Endurance Race course map (standard set of straight lengths and curve
radii will be derived from this)
Tire Data
Reports, Data, and Photos from 2007 Formula Hybrid entries
Dartmouth
Dartmouth 2006 demo car
Embry-Riddle
Florida Institute of Technology
McGill
Yale
Reports and Data from 2008 Formula Hybrid entries
California - Irvine
Dartmouth
Drexel
Embry-Riddle
Florida Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology car#6
Illinois Institute of Technology car#12
McGill
National Chiao Tung
North Carolina State
Vermont
Wisconsin
Yale
Acceleration Performance Matlab Routines
Accelerate
Traction
Suspension Geometry Matlab Routines
Doublewish - this is the main routine for
double wishbone suspension, as diagramed in Happian-Smith
DoublewishF - this is a necessary
auxiliary file for Doublewish (copy into working directory)
DoublewishJF - this is a necessary
auxiliary file for Doublewish (copy into working directory)
Newton_sys - this is a necessary auxiliary
file for Doublewish (copy into working directory)
Swingarm - this is the main routine for
swingarm suspensions - can be adapted for McPherson struts
Old Tests
08S Midterm
08S Final