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Formula FSAE Michigan 2013 – For the Love of Engineering Part 3
We passed inspection! Three words the University of Maine – Black Bear Racing team needed to hear in their light, quick, and affordable race car. Before any car races on the track, the vehicle must pass a series of technical
... ContinuedFormula Michigan 2013 – For the Love of Engineering Part 2
If you have a FSAE car on the track at Michigan, you push the car to the track and you push the car from the track. The Jayhawks Motorsports team from the University of Kansas – Lawrence (KU) is at
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan 2013 – For the Love of Engineering
When you step on the path to the Michigan International Speedway for Formula SAE, you can't help falling in love with engineering and design. Some teams come from afar – like Venezuela's Universidad Simon Bolivar. I got to spend
... ContinuedFun with Physics and SolidWorks
I have fun with physics. I have fun with math. Your students can have fun too with this SolidWorks Motion Tutorial from our friends in Cuda Country. Use SolidWorks to create a Car and Track assembly. Then create a Motion Study
... ContinuedExternal Flow Simulation on a SAE CAR Body
Check out this video showing how to set up and run an external flow simulation on an SAE Car Body. A surface goal in created in order to calculate the lift forces on the car. The key to calculating
... ContinuedSolidWorks Japan Starts Young Engineers At Age 9
SolidWorks Japan has raised the bar in engineering education. My Japanese colleagues have introduced SolidWorks to students starting at age 9 during "Kids Engineer" in Yokohama. Organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan and major Japanese automobile companies,
... ContinuedUsing SolidWorks Costing for Formula SAE and other Design Presentations
Check out this video showing how you can use SolidWorks Costing to obtain an estimate on how much a sheet metal or milled part will cost. This tool is very useful when creating costing reports needed for such competitions
... ContinuedSAE Car Suspension With SolidWorks Motion: Part 3 Post Processing
This is the third and final part in a series of three showing how to use SolidWorks Motion to analyze a suspension system in a Formula SAE Car. This last part covers the post processing of results that was
... ContinuedAcceleration at Student Formula SAE Competition Japan
The student formula events continue to excite young engineers around the world. Last week, at the Student Formula SAE Competition in Japan, students competed for the highest award in creation and design of a scaled formula vehicle. Congratulations to all the students
... ContinuedFEA Simulation Analysis Tutorial on Frame
Check out this video showing how to run FEA analysis on a frame using SolidWorks Simulation. The frame model comes from the SolidWorks SAE Tutorials. This video covers the setup and running of a static analysis on the model
... ContinuedMold Tutorial using an Intake Runner
Check out this video showing how to prepare a model for a mold as well as how to create the mold itself. The video covers the use of draft analysis as well parting lines when explain mold creation. The
... ContinuedEXPIRED: SolidWorks Summer Edition, 3D CAD Software for Students and Educators!
Please note: this offer expired August 31, 2012 Are you a student or educator interested in using SolidWorks this summer to learn what it has to offer, or get ahead of the game for next year? Try our FREE
... ContinuedCFD Flow Analysis Tutorial on Intake Manifold
Take a look at this video tutorial using SolidWorks Flow Simulation on an intake manifold from the SolidWorks SAE tutorials. The video covers the setup and running of a CFD analysis on a model and includes everything from creating
... ContinuedFEA Thermal Simulation Tutorial using a Brake Rotor from the SolidWorks SAE Tutorials
Check out this video tutorial using SolidWorks Simulation to run a FEA thermal analysis on a brake rotor from the SolidWorks SAE tutorial. This video shows the set up and running of a thermal simulation that looks at the
... ContinuedDuke Motor Sports Accelerates at FSAE Michigan
The SolidWorks EDU team is back from FSAE Michigan and we really appreciate all the thank you letters and messages and ideas to make our SAE Sponsorship even better. Duke Motorsports student and endurance driver, Costi was kind enough to thank
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