A Report on BENCHMARKING Submitted by Jithin B Nair 07/06/2022   Benchmarking is process of comparing a product with the similar types of products available in a market, to learn how the product compares to the products of the rivals/ competitors. It helps an organization or the company to identify the short-comings of…

UNDER-BODY COATING FOR AN AUTOMOBILE ( Submitted by - Jithin B Nair )   Uunderbody coating is a dense coating applied to the undercarriage of an automobiles. Its normally spray painted, which can be done manually or be automated, on the car after it’s assembly. Most cars come with a factory undercoat, but some…

CAR-HOOD (BONET) DESIGN AIM- To understand the mechanism and design a car-hood, with consideration to the safety features and rules. The tasks performed are : Design the inner and the outer panel of the hood taking into account the weight, safety regulations & vibrations. Provide Hinge and Striker positioning. Provide…

SECTION MODULUS CALCULATION AND OPTIMIZATION   Objective -  To find the section modulus of the hood in three cases of design.   Section Modulus - It’s a geometric property of a beam or a flexible structure, used to determine the tensile/compressive strength, calculated using the structure’s cross-sectional…

AIM -  To design a fender’s necessary mounting points using the given Mastic data and fender-skin. Fender A fender is a the part of a vehicle over the wheel-well. It’s mainly used to prevent the spray of rocks, sand and other road debris from flying onto the car body and to prevent the same from being…

AIM To study different Fender design regulations and to determine whether the given design passes the European design standards.   Fender It’s the part of the car body which forms the wheel well. The design of a car-fender requires to consider the size of the wheel, suspension length & travel, toe/camber…

ROOF DESIGN Objective :  To design a sheet metal Roof with it’s reinforcement structures, i.e. Front Roof Rail, Rear Roof Rail, Front Bow Roof Rail, Center Roof   Rail and Rear Bow Roof Rail, according to the required standards from the Master Sections. Do a curvature study on roof by calculating the…

Backdoor Design Report Objective : To design a Tail gate (Backdoor) of a car with the references given in the skin data/styling surface provided.   Introduction : It’s a car door located to the rear of the car behind the passenger seats which allows the access to the rear compartment of the car. It usually has…

DRAWING 1 - QUICK RETURN MECHANISM Part 1 - Slotted Bar Part 2 - Fixed Link Part 3 - Slider   Part 4 - Crank Part 5 - Connecting Rod   Final Assembly DRAWING 2 - C  V JOINT Part 1 - Cross Part 2 - Connector Part 3 - Yoke Final Assembly

Report Aim - To create the Base Bracket from the given Class-A surface. Determine the Tooilng Axis and design the Class-B & Class-C surfaces, while meeting the requirement of the Draft Angle. Perform the Draft Analysis of the class-A surface and the final solid surface.   Thickness of the plastic part is to 2.5mm.…

Report Aim : To create the Switch Bezel Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. To begin with, the tooling axis for the given Class-A Surface should be created meeting the requirements of the draft angle and at the end perform the Draft analysis on the model. Take the thickness of the component to be 2.5 mm.…

DESIGN AND DRAFT ANALYSIS OF A CAR BUMPER Aim - Create the Bumper Plastic component from the given Class A surface and perform a draft analysis on it. Take the thickness of the component to be 3mm.   Design Methodology - Check the given Class A surface for any discontinuity.   Determine the Tooling Axis of the…

Door Handle (Rib & Screw Boss Attatchment) Aim - To create the Door Handle Component from the given Class-A surface. To attach B side features, ribs and screw bosses,in the component. To perform the Draft analysis on the model. Take the thickness of the component to be 2.5mm.   Design Procedure (Door Handle)…

Door Trim (Dog House Attachment) Aim - Createthe Door trim component of 2.5mm thickness and give it the Dog House attachments, considering the design rules and requirements. Perform Draft analysis on the Class A surface, final part and the Dog House attachments.   Reference Image -  …

Door Trim Lower (Heat Stakes & Locators) Aim - Createthe Door trim lower component of 2.5mm thickness and give it the Heat Stakes and Locators at required locations, considering the design rules. Perform Draft analysis on the Class A surface, final part and the Dog House attachments.  …

A-Pillar Design with Master Section Aim - Create the A Pillar Plastic component through the given Class-A surfac Design features according to themaster section and according to the design requirements. Perform Draft analysison the class A surface and the final part.   Provided Data -   Introduction - A-Pillar…

Design And Development Of Door Trim Panel Aim - Create the Car Door Trim Panel with all the parts from the given Class A Surfaces and Master Sections. Create the Tooling Direction, Class B & C Surfaces and solid bodies of all parts. Create and Assemble the engineering features like Dog-Houses, Heat Stakes, Flanges,…

Advanced Sheet Metal Design using NX CAD Challenge #1 - Casign Design   Objective - To design a Sheet-Metal Casing, as per the instructions provided in the PDF file using NX-CAD software. And also create a detailed drawing of the completed product.   Introduction - Siemens NX provides a set of tools…

Advanced Sheet Metal Design using NX CAD Challenge #2 - Box Assembly   Objective - To design a Sheet-Metal Casing, as per the instructions provided in the PDF file using NX-CAD software. And also create a detailed drawing of the completed product.   Introduction - Siemens NX provides a set of tools within…

Advanced Sheet Metal Design using NX CAD #4 Odd Shaped Enclosure Aim - Create the odd shaped enclosure according to the given instructions.   Introduction - Siemens NX provides a set of tools within it that allows for simple and fast design of sheet metal parts. It also incorporates material & process…

Advanced Sheet Metal Design using NX CAD Challenge #6 - Bracket Aim - To create a Bracket design according to the given instructions and make a Drawing sheet for the model.   Introduction - Siemens NX provides a set of tools within it that allows for simple and fast design of sheet metal parts. It also incorporates material & process…

  Advanced Sheet Metal Design using NX CAD Challenge #7 - Metal Bracket II Aim - To create a Metal Bracket design according to the given instructions.   Introduction - Siemens NX provides a set of tools within it that allows for simple and fast design of sheet metal parts. It also incorporates material & process…

% Forward Kinematic of a 2R Robotic Arm clear close clc l1 = 1; % Length of link-1 l2 = 0.75; % Length of link-2 theta1 = 0:5:90; % Angle of link-1 to X-axis theta2 = 0:5:90; % Angle of link-2 to X-axis % x0,y0 are coordinates of start point of link-1 % x1,y1 are coordinates of end point of link-1 % coordinates of start…

% 2nd-Order Ordinary Differential Equation for a pendulum clear close clc b = 0.05; % Damping Coefficient g = 9.81; % Acceleration due to gravity (in m/s^2) l = 1; % Length of the pendulum (in m) m = 1; % Mass of the pendulum (in kg) % Initial condition theta0 = [0; 3]; % Time points time_span = linspace(0,20,500); % Solving…

% Genetic Algorithm % 1D search space clear all close all clc % Defining search space x = linspace(0,0.6,150); y = linspace(0,0.6,150); Num_of_cases = 50; % Creating a 2D mesh [xx,yy] = meshgrid(x,y); % Evaluating the Stalagmite Function tic for i = 1:length(xx) for j = 1:length(yy) input_vector(1) = xx(i,j); input_vector(2)…

  REPORT   Aim : To write a code in Matlab to parse the NASA thermodynamic data file and then calculate the thermodynamic properties of various gas species.   Objectives : To develop a function that extracts the 14 coefficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy, and specific heats for all the species…

% Rankine Cycle Simulator clear close clc disp(' RANKINE CYCLE SIMULATOR'); disp('1-2 is Isentropic Expansion in the Turbine'); disp('2-3 is Constant Pressure heat removal in the Condenser'); disp('3-4 is Isentropic Compression in the Pump'); disp('4-1 is Constant Pressure Heat Addition in the Boiler'); fprintf('\n');…