Formula 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
... ContinuedF1inSchools drives success for STEM education
Sometimes you just have a good today. That was today in Michigan at the US F1inSchools finals at Formula SAE. I met Team Raptor, Kelly, Sabine, Anna, and Claire. These girls, now in East Cobb Middle School, Marietta Georgia have been using SolidWorks
... ContinuedComplete Telecaster Guitar Neck in SolidWorks
This is the completed neck to the guitar. The mounting of the fret wire was by far the most difficult part, and it is still not perfect. The entire assembly is posted below, with all of its parts. I am
... ContinuedFinal Trumpet Assembly
Here is my final trumpet assembly. I got the valves to match up and move like they should be able to. However, I could not figure out how to compress the springs as they would in real life. There
... ContinuedMotor W16: Vilbrochenul
The English posting of this blog is located here
In a 4-a parte a seriei despre motorul W16 voi prezenta vilbrochenul si voi explica detaliat constructia lui.
Explicatiile detaliate despre constructia blocului pot fi gasite in “extended entry” la sfarsitul postarii.
Va multumesc pentru ca ati citit despre aceasta constructie. Continuati sa cititi urmatoarele postari ce vor include ansamblul Block-Crankshaft-Pistons (bloc-arbore cotit-pistoane) si animarea lui.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedW16 Engine: The Crankshaft
In this fourth post about the W16 Engine I will introduce the Crankshaft and detail its build.
See detailed explanation in the extended entry at the end of the post.
Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the Block-Crankshaft-Pistons assembly and its animation.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedMain Trumpet Body With Slides
For this post I have added the tuning slides as well as a mouth piece to the main trumpet body. I did make some changes to main trumpet body in the process. Up next are the three valves; this
... ContinuedSolidWorks Green Design Contest for You and Your Students
Announcement: SolidWorks launches the SolidWorks Green Design Contest Click here for details. Empower you students to make the right decisions in their designs. You and your students can participate and win prizes. Commercial customers can enter too. As I sat in an airport
... ContinuedTelecaster Guitar Neck in SolidWorks
This is the neck to the guitar. I also re-uploaded the body, as I changed the size of the neck mounting holes. Now this is starting to look more like a guitar! I wonder how I’m going to put
... ContinuedMotor W16: Blocul
The English posting of this blog is located here.
In a 3-a parte a seriei despre motorul W16 voi prezenta blocul motor si voi explica detaliat constructia lui.
Explicatiile detaliate despre constructia blocului pot fi gasite in “extended entry” de la sfarsitul postarii.
Va multumesc pentru ca ati citit despre aceasta constructie. Continuati sa cititi urmatoarele postari ce vor include arborele cotit si rationamentul matematic folosit in constructia lui.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedTexas A&M SAE Aero Design Team Flies with SolidWorks
I first met members of the Texas A&M SAE Aero Design team when they displayed their plane at SolidWorks World 2011. So what is SAE Aero Design? You think of SAE for Formula, Baja, Hybrid – cars. But there is
... ContinuedCalifornia State University, Northridge students work anywhere with SolidWorks and HP
Last week I attended the ASEE Engineering Dean's Institue and was fortunate to speak with Dean Ramesh at California State University, Northridge who explained to me how his students were able to run SolidWorks at any time, from any place
... ContinuedW16 Engine: The Block
W16 Engine: The Block
In this third post about the W16 Engine I will introduce the Engine Block and detail its build.
See detailed explanation in the extended entry at the end of the post.
Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the crankshaft and the math behind it.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
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W16 Engine: Piston-Conrod Assembly
In this post I will continue with the building of my W16 engine by introducing the piston rings, the connecting rod parts and assembly, and finally, the whole assembly with the proper movement restricting mates.
See detailed explanation in the extended entry at the end of the post.
Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the engine block and the math behind it.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedW16 Engine in SolidWorks
This is a model of the W16 Turbo engine used in the world’s fastest production car. I modeled it as a final project for the Introduction to CAD class. During the next few weeks I will walk you through the build, post the files and explain some of the math behind it. This post will cover the modeling of the basic piston:
Here is the link to the document that I used as a reference.
“The W Engine Concept – Self Study Program” VW of America, 2002, available here
See detailed explanation in the extended entry at the end of the post.
Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the Conrod and the Piston-Rod-Rings Assembly.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... Continued