SAE
Formula SAE Michigan – students at their best
My day at FSAE Michigan starts with a stop at the F1inSchools US finals. What a difference a year makes. I first met Team Raptor, Kelly, Sabine, Anna, and Claire last year at the US finals. These girls, now in high school from Marietta
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Engineering Students at their best
The Formula SAE Michigan event tests students’ engineering skills in automotive design, business practices, team work and presentation skills. The students here are from all over the world and have been working tirelessly for days to get their cars ready
... ContinuedSolidWorks Mentor Races with STEM Education Tutorial and the Ten80 Challenge
When Jeremy Losaw, NASCAR Racing Engineer and SolidWorks Mentor for the Ten80 STEM Racing Challenge sent me this video, I could not help but ask to share it with all of you. Jeremy also sent me the part model
... ContinuedW16 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
... ContinuedFormula 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
... ContinuedW16 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.
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
... ContinuedSolidWorks Curriculum for Educators on the SolidWorks Customer Portal
SolidWorks provides curriculum, tutorials and projects for educators on our SolidWorks Customer Portal. This video shows how you obtain your SolidWorks serial number, create an account and access the Customer Portal right inside of the SolidWorks Education Edition. The projects
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorial: CO2 Dragster from Team CudaCountry
SolidWorks Tutorials by master teacher, Pat Haley astound me again with his lastest SolidWorks Tutorial featuring a CO2 dragster. Take a look at the updated CO2 Dragster Car Tutorials at Cudacountry https://www.cudacountry.net/html/sw_co2car.html New in the SolidWorks 2011 tutorials: Mate References
... ContinuedSolidWorks Drawings Keep on Truckin’
Using SolidWorks Drawings can save you time when design changes enevitably occur. The drawings I saw from the SAE team at Concordia Univerisity were amazing because they were placed on their Ford F150 truck! I asked Concordia's vice president Jimmy Stabio to
... ContinuedFSAE 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.
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 4 – For the Love of Engineering
After a heavy thunderstorm, the temperature has dropped. Drivers had to make a gambling tire decision for a wet or a dry track. I continue to find the love of engineering today, first I met the Northwestern team waiting in
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 3 – For the Love of Engineering
Last night the team had dinner at a Jackson restaurant and were greated by thankful cheers from the University of Akron for their SolidWorks sponsorship. We truly considers ourselves fortunate to meet such passionate young engineers. Today we also met members
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 2 – For the Love of Engineering
So it's day 2 of FSAE Michigan and the weatherman predicted rain – except it turned out to be 85F (30C). Dressing in a suit and tie for the design presentation or a fire resistant driving suit for the dynamic
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