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