The team has had a lot of great testing sessions this week in preparation for our first MPG runs of the semester this weekend. Great teamwork and engineering has been seen with the roll bar installation, engine modifications, and electrical systems!Screen recording of bluetooth data capture from the Ecotron EFI kit to a team members android phone. Engine is off so the only dynamic data is throttle position (tps) which you can see going up and down as the throttle lever is actuated.This academic year, members of the advanced motorsports (AMS) Enterprises have been working on implementing a mobile combustion analysis system (CAS) into the AMS Enterprises’ dynamometer test facility at the Advanced Technology Development Complex. The project has been sponsored by A&D Technology Inc., a world-class producer of advanced measuring, monitoring, controlling and testing instruments in the automotive testing arena. Above is a picture of the cart being used to capture CAS data from the Clean Snowmobile’s engine dynamometer. The short video shows some of the combustion data that can be acquired and processed by the system in real-time. Finally, an image of the completed CAS cart is included.Machining an adapter to connect the flywheel to a rotary encoder in an attempt to increase the quality of horsepower and torque data on the dyno.As we get closer to competition, the Body team started working on assembling key components of the car. One of them being the Roll Bar, which exists to create a solid structure for the shell as well as protect the driver for any potential accidents if the vehicle where to tip over. The structure is made out of carbon fiber to keep it light weight but remain its core strength.Shell Redesign Senior Design Team doing a wet carbon fiber layup to create samples for material testing. This will allow the team to determine the best composition for the new shell floor pan using a DOE (Design of Experiments).
Parts created by the Steering and Driver Control Redesign SD, where the center of the vehicles axle is almost done being machined, and we are preparing to start machining other components such as the vehicle mounts, brake mounts, and tie rod tabs.
Creating the new steering system in CAD, and constraining the components in an assembly, to ensure that the steering components do not collide with the brake rotor, to ensure that the vehicle mounting location is the correct height with respect to the ground, and to check clearances. Going forward, we aim to do a finite element analysis on the critical components of the second iteration of the steering system to see how the stress in the components reacts to applied forces.
SSE team members encourage already admitted MTU students to join SSE enterprise.
Some intricate pieces for the Steering Redesign project. These pieces were cut using a water jet that uses water at 55000psi and sand to cut through almost any material.
SSE Members with the complete car at Enterprise Day 2022.
The complete car ready to head to Enterprise Day, hosted at the Rozsa Lobby with the goal of encouraging students to become members of SSE.
Making steel spacers for the dynamometer at the ATDC. The chips turn blue from an oxide layer forming on the surface of the steel. This also means that your cutting speeds and feeds are working well, and the heat from cutting is being transferred into the chip, rather than the tool or workpiece.
The SSE team meets for the first time of Spring 2022 semester!
