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Over the next month, football (soccer to folks in the United States) fans will be fixated on the drama unfolding in Brazil. Leading up to the international tournament, a large amount of discussion has focused on technology. In each of
... ContinuedCan CFD tools explain the aerodynamics of a medal-winning bobsled?
Recently inspired by the four-man bobsleigh event at the 2014 games in Sochi, in which Team USA’s sleigh Night Train 2 was designed in SOLIDWORKS, I set out to find out more about the aerodynamics of these vehicles that barrel
... ContinuedGoing Downhill Faster with SolidWorks: The Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project’s “Night Train 2” (Part 2)
In yesterday’s post I discussed the challenge the Bo-Dyn team faced when they started building a new bobsled for the 2014 games in Sochi. Today, I’ll talk about the actual design process. Designing a Better Bobsled The Bo-Dyn Bobsled
... ContinuedGoing Downhill Faster with SolidWorks: The Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project’s Night Train 2 (Part 1)
The Challenge In this year’s 4-man bobsled this year in Sochi, it is expected that only a few hundredths of a second will separate the gold medal winners from the silver. Because of this, every team is trying to get
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