W16 Engine: Block and Cylinder Heads

W16 Engine: Block and Cylinder Heads

In this post about the W16 engine I will show the calculation of the camshaft phase angles and then detail the mating of the components in the cylinder heads with the rest of the engine.

 

 

Another animation that better allows to see the full movement of the engine can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci7m0j5iCAQ).

See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.

At the request of a reader I will upload the complete assembly but hide the parts that I have not presented yet. Download Engine.

 

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will detail the build of the intake manifold through top-down design strategy.

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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Formula SAE, Formula Student, SAE and SolidWorks Collegiate Vehicle Sponsorship and Tutorials

Formula SAE, Formula Student, SAE and SolidWorks Collegiate Vehicle Sponsorship and Tutorials

   SolidWorks is proud to sponsor teams for Formula SAE, Formula Student, Baja, Formula Hybrid, Supermilage, Clean Snowmobile, Aero, Electric, Solar and other collegiate vehicle competitions.  Your team can apply for sponsorship at www.solidworks.com/sae With sponsorship, you will receive     1. SolidWorks

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W16 Engine: Inside the Cylinder Head

W16 Engine: Inside the Cylinder Head

In this post about the W16 engine I will detail the build of the main internal parts of the Cylinder Head: the rocker fingers, the valves and the camshaft.

Cylinderhead

See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Download the camshaft assembly, the valves and the rocker finger assembly.

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will detail the calculation of the camshaft phase angles and the mating of the components that go inside the cylinder heads.

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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FSAE Tips for the Competition – For the Love of Engineering

FSAE Tips for the Competition  – For the Love of Engineering

So the results for FSAE Michigan are in.  Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the competition and thank you to all the teams that talked to me during the event.  I learned a great deal and want to share some of what I learned with the engineering students that work so hard at this competition and for those schools thinking about starting a FSAE team.  After coming home, I reviewed the rules for 2011 and wanted to make a few suggestions.

The events, Design Event, Presentation Event, Cost Event  are static.  For teams that will participate in 2012 FSAE events, assign team members now .  Let's take the Cost report.  There are two parts: 1) A copy of the Cost report, due at least 7 weeks before the event.  2) A presentation of the Cost report at the event, at a scheduled time, in front of judges during the event.  Some teams lost points just because of their documents being late in the mail.  Some teams lost points because they could not answer the judges questions.  Engineers must always be early. Engineers must be prepared.

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