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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"FSAE"”.
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Design of a FSAE cooling system
MIT Motorsports is a FSAE Electric team at MIT that designs, manufactures, and tests electric formula-style racecars to compete in an annual collegiate competition. The cooling system for the Model Year 19 vehicle must provide adequate cooling to the motors and motor controllers, meet power …
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Design of a FSAE braking system
MIT Motorsports is a FSAE Electric team at MIT that designs, manufactures, and tests electric formula style racecars to compete in an annual international collegiate design competition. The braking system for the MY18 vehicle developed by MIT Motorsports must enable the driver to consistently and …
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Design of a carbon fiber suspension system for FSAE applications
Reducing weight while maintaining structural integrity is one of the key challenges Formula SAE teams face as they try and design the suspension of the formula car. The purpose of this paper is to present experimental data on designing and optimizing a carbon fiber suspension system for formula …
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Design of a power limiter for an FSAE electric racecar
MIT Motorsports is the Formula SAE team at MIT that has competed in Lincoln, NE since 2013. Last year's racecar performed exceptionally in all dynamic events but was disqualified from the endurance event due to a power violation. In order to prevent a violation in the following year, a power …
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Design of an FSAE Cooling System for Electric In-hub Motors
This thesis explores the design of water cooled electric in-hub motors for use in high power automotive applications such as Formula SAE Electric student racecars. The main components of the drivetrain of the 4WD electric vehicle are the motor and the motor controller. This thesis focuses on …
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The benefits of 4WD drive for a high-performance FSAE electric racecar
… Drive (RWD) and Four-Wheel Drive (4WD) FSAE Electric racecars with regards to acceleration and regenerative braking. The benefits of a 4WD architecture are presented along with the tools for further optimization and understanding. The goal is to provide real, actionable information to …
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Model-Based Design of an Electric Powertrain Vehicle; Focus on Physical Modeling of Lithium-ion Batteries
Formula SAE (FSAE) vehicle systems are very complex. Understanding how subsystems effect the overall vehicle is essential for making design trade-offs. FSAE is a competitive environment. Teams need to have reliable and high performing vehicles to do well in competition. The Virginia Tech (VT) FSAE …
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Vehicle Validation and Analysis of a Formula SAE Racecar
… Georgia Southern University’s Formula SAE (FSAE) vehicle is emphasized in order to reproduce test results and analyze trends within data. The test courses are clearly defined so that future Eagle Motorsports (EMS) participants can replicate testing conditions to track progress from year to …
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Lightweight Torsen style limited slip differential and rear driveline package for Formula SAE
… the design process that went into the 2006 MIT FSAE car. Furthermore, this document describes many of the steps required to manufacture each component. FSAE competitors often face the challenge of fabricating the parts that they design. Manufacturing setups are shown and described in order to …
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Design of an aluminum differential housing and driveline components for high performance applications
… Bearing mounts used to attach the unit to the FSAE chassis as well as inboard driveline joints were also designed and fabricated. The remainder of the driveline system was outlined and sourced. Additionally, a second design incorporating the original cast-iron housing was created for the FSAE …
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Development of a Finite Element Model for Predicting the Impact Energy Absorbing Performance of a Composite Structure
… weight must be kept to a minimum. Formula SAE (FSAE) race cars are designed and built by college students, roughly following the model of a scaled down Formula One car. Strict regulations are placed on specific components of the car in the interest of equalizing competition and ensuring the …
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Design of a high performance liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack for automotive applications
… in high power automotive applications such as an FSAE Electric racecar. The motivation for liquid cooling in this application is presented with an adiabatic battery heating simulation followed by a discussion of axial cooling based on the internal construction of an 18650 battery cell. A novel …
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Simulating Dynamic Vehicle Maneuvers Using Finite Elements For Use In Design Of Integrated Composite Structure
Formula SAE (FSAE) chassis systems are increasing being manufactured with integrated composite structures in an effort to increase the performance of the system while decreasing weight. The increased use of composite structures requires more details of the loading conditions and evaluation metrics …
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Design and Optimization of Carbon-Fiber Chassis Panels
Each year, the Virginia Tech (VT) Formula SAE (FSAE) team creates a high performance car to compete against 120 teams from around the world in a series of dynamic events evaluating acceleration, maneuverability, and handling. In an effort to improve upon the VT 2013 car, the torsional stiffness of …
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Electromagnetic and Systems Design of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for an Electric Vehicle
… in the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) competition. Performance is estimated with full-vehicle sensitivities linearized around the point of breaking traction.
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Design of motor controller water cooling system for a Formula SAE electric racecar
… plate system for motor controller used in an FSAE Electric racecar. Models for pressure drop and rate of heat transfer along with the constuction of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are presented to predict the pressure drop and heat transfer rate. The goal is to provide a …
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Design and Analysis of the Intake System of a Formula SAE Car
… design process of the air intake system of the FSAE car. Over the years, much of the design of this system had been carried out through an iterative trial-and-error process, so the study attempts to identify the scientific and engineering principles pertaining to the design of this system. The …
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Open wheel racecar steering
… manufacture, and testing of the 2017 MIT FSAE steering system.
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Design of a dry sump lubrication system for a Honda® CBR 600 F4i engine for Formula SAE applications
… design of the first dry sump system on an MIT FSAE car. It should prove beneficial to the team when the official design report is created for the competition. Lastly, it will help assist future members who certainly aim to refine the package in subsequent years to make it smaller, cheaper, …
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Design of Chassis, Impact Attenuator, Suspension and Aerodynamic Systems of a Formula SAE Car
… testing. Chassis was designed according to the FSAE competition rules with the aim of achieving a specific target torsional stiffness. A standard impact attenuator was analyzed using SOLIDWORKS drop test simulation with different impact absorbing materials for its crashworthiness. An optimized …
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