Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_1_Casing Design

AIM: Design of Roof Panel OBJECTIVE: For the Given Roof styling, develop the essential flanges and reinforcements, Provide appropriate dimensions and check for Draft analysis, and submit your Section Inertia report on the 0-Y section. Start with the creation of a roof ditch area the tool opening angle is only 3 degrees.…

AIM: Fender design from the Class A surface OBJECTIVE: The project's main objective is to design front fender of the car according to the engineering standard. And create the design of fender mounting areas. THEORY: What is a Fender? Fenders are panels on a car that are located on the sides of the car in front of the doors.…

AIM: Section modulus calculation and optimization OBJECTIVE: Use section of the Hood and calculate the section modulus. Vary the section in such a way that new section is an improved version of previous section. THEORY: Section modulus is to find the geometric property for a given cross-section used in the design. Calculate…

AIM: Design hood with the given data. OBJECTIVE: Designing of BIW of bonnet that satisfies the manufacturing requirements, functional requirements and NCAP standards. THEORY: What is Hood or Bonnet? The bonnet system consists of a bonnet, striker, opening system, latch, and a pedestrian safety system. The main functions…

UNDERBODY COATING AND ITS PURPOSES Underbody coating is nothing but an insulation provided to the undercarriage of the vehicle. A cars underbody is most prone to corrosion. Underbody coating provides long term protection from corrosion to car’s underbody. It also prevents from stone chipping. LOOKING INTO TYPES OF…

AIM: Benchmark with presently available cars in the market for the following case. CASE: Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii is a married man who lives in Bangalore which is a highly crowded city. His Family comprises five members including his wife, five-year-old boy, his father, and his mother. He visits his native place Madurai…

AIM: MASTER SECTION DEVELOPMENT OF B-PILLAR PROCEDURE: Input given from the Class A surface team with Master Section. Created the tooling axis and done draft analysis for class A surface. Created the Class B surface by offsetting Class A to 2.5mm. After that created the flange according to the master section. For that,…

AIM: Creation of Door Panel considering following inputs as like in OEM and tier1 companies Class A surface Nominal thickness: Refer to master sections Attachment strategy OBJECTIVES: Create 4 components of door panel: lower substrate, map pocket, hand rest and push pin. Create thickened part using master section for reference…

AIM: Create the Door Applique Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. OBJECTIVE: Create tooling axis using bisecting method. Perform draft analysis. Create heat stake and locators. THEORY: Draft Analysis: Draft analysis helps to detect if your drafted part is easily removable from the mold (in case of plastic…

AIM: Create the boss and Dog House for the Centre console coin holder considering the design rules OBJECTIVES: Create Class B and C surfaces through Class A surface. Create tooling axis using bisecting method. Perform draft analysis. Create screw boss and dog house considering the design rules. THEORY: Draft Analysis:…

AIM: Create the rib for the Centre console coin holder considering the design rules. OBJECTIVES: Create Class B and C surfaces through Class A surface. Create tooling axis using bisecting method. Perform draft analysis. Create rib considering the design rules. THEORY: Draft Analysis: Draft analysis helps to detect if your…

AIM: Create the Core and cavity blocks for the switch bezel. OBJECTIVES: Create Class B and C surfaces through Class A surface. Create tooling axis using bisecting method. Perform draft analysis. Create core and cavity blocks. THEORY: Draft Analysis: Draft analysis helps to detect if your drafted part is easily removable…

AIM: Create the Coin Holder Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. OBJECTIVES: Create Class B and C surfaces through Class A surface. Create tooling axis using bisecting method. Perform draft analysis. THEORY: Draft Analysis: Draft analysis helps to detect if your drafted part is easily removable from the…

AIM: Creation of Door Arm rest and add thickness to it. OBJECTIVES: Create Class B and C surfaces through Class A surface. Create tooling axis using bisecting method. Perform draft analysis. THEORY: Draft Analysis: Draft analysis helps to detect if your drafted part is easily removable from the mold (in case of plastic…

AIM: Create the Switch Bezel Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. And perform the Draft analysis on the model. OBJECTIVE: Create Class B and C surfaces through Class A surface. Create tooling axis using the bisecting method. Perform draft analysis. THEORY: Draft Analysis: Draft analysis helps to detect…

AIM: Create the Base Bracket Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. And perform the Draft analysis on the model. OBJECTIVES: To model a base bracket and perform draft analysis on the model. THEORY: Draft Analysis: Draft analysis helps to detect if your drafted part is easily removable from the mold (in case…

AIM: Draft Analysis on Fan Cover OBJECTIVE: The objective of this project is to know how to create a tooling axis and perform a draft analysis. THEORY: Draft Analysis: The draft analysis helps to detect if your drafted part is easily removable from the mold (in case of plastic component) or die (in case of sheet metal).…

METAL BRACKET USING NX SHEET METAL APPLICATION: OBJECTIVE: This is a project to learn the step by step procedure to create a Bracket with a gusset from the given 2D drawing. INTRODUCTION: A bracket is an intermediate component for fixing one part to another. It is used to support the weight. Brackets vary widely in shape,…

ODD SHAPED ENCLOSURE SHEET METAL DESIGN USING NX CAD OBJECTIVE: To design an odd-shaped enclosure and create a draft of it using NX Sheet metal application. INTRODUCTION: Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin, flat pieces. Sheet metals can be bent and cut into a variety of shapes. The thickness…

BOX ASSEMBLY DESIGN USING NX CAD APPLICATION OBJECTIVES: The objective of this project is to understand the NX Cad interface and basic sheet metal features by working on a design for box assembly. INTRODUCTION: Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin, flat pieces. Sheet metals can be bent and cut…

CASING DESIGN USING NX CAD SHEET METAL APPLICATION OBJECTIVE: The objective of this project is to understand the NX Cad interface and basic sheet metal features by working on a design for the protective casing. INTRODUCTION: Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin, flat pieces. Sheet metals can be…

ASSEMBLY OF SUNSEEKER PREDATOR YACHT USING SOLIDWORKS OBJECTIVE: The objective of this project is to design and model Sunseeker predator yacht and all its parts using Solidworks and assemble it together to create the Photorealistic rendering of the yacht. INTRODUCTION: In this project, the Sunseeker predator yacht is designed…

DESIGNING OF AMERICAN CHOPPER & ITS COMPONENTS WITH PHOTO-REALISTIC RENDERING USING SOLIDWORKS OBJECTIVE: Designing of an American chopper from scratch to final rendering of the model. This project helps to understand the tools in Solidworks by working on a real model. INTRODUCTION: American choppers are custom made…

AIM: For a 10 cell series lithium ion battery model, simulate the thermal effects and compare life cycle performance at various temperatures, charge & discharge rates using MATLAB. OBJECTIVE: Simulate the thermal effects of lithium ion battery. Compare life cycle performance at various temperatures, charge and discharge…

AIM: Make a MATLAB model of fuel cell powered electric vehicle and comment on results THEORY: What is a fuel cell electric vehicle? Fuel cell is an electrochemical device that generates electricity from energy stored as hydrogen. Unlike conventional internal combustion engine vehicles, they have high energy efficiency…

AIM: Simulate generic battery model charge discharge using UDDS data. THEORY: What is generic battery model? This battery block represents most popular types of rechargeable batteries. This block is used to analyse charge/discharge characteristics, SOC, and temperature effects and age equivalent of the battery system.…

AIM: Prepare a table which includes materials & chemical reactions occurring at the anode and cathode of LCO, LMO, NCA, NMC, LFP and LTO type of lithium ion cells. THEORY: Batteries are storage medium made up of two electrodes in an electrolyte. This electrolyte provides a medium for the exchange of ions which produces…

AIM: Search and list out the total weight of various types of aircrafts. Is there any difference between ground speed and air speed? Why is it not recommended to use aircraft engine power to move it on the ground at Airport? How an aircraft is pushed to runway when it’s ready to take off? Learn about take-off power,…

AIM: For a defined driving cycle, calculate the energy required for braking. Why electric motor can’t develop braking torque at high speed similar to starting? How electric and mechanical brakes are coordinated? Make a MATLAB program which plots contour of given motor speed, torque and efficiency values. Attach the…

AIM: Implement control logic of a “Washing machine” using Stateflow. Make a Simulink chart for the “Gear shift”. OBJECTIVE: Implement control logic of a “washing machine” using Stateflow as per given sequence: If the power supply is available, the system gets activated If the Water supply…

AIM: Write a program to read the file NASA thermodynamic data. OBJECTIVE: Write a function that extracts the 14 co-efficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy and specific heats for all the species in the data file. Calculate the molecular weight of each species and display it in the command window. Plot the Cp, Enthalpy…

AIM:        Write a code in MATLAB to optimize the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function.OBJECTIVE:Optimize the stalagmite function and find global maxima.Explain the concept of genetic algorithm.Explain the syntax of ga.Plot graphs of all 3 studies and for…

AIM:      Write a program in MATLAB that will simulate the Pendulum motion.GOVERNING EQUATION:Equation of motion of a simple pendulum with damping:                      `(∂^2 θ)/(∂t^2 )+b/m*(∂θ)/(∂t)+g/L…

AIM:        Write a code that can solve the thermal efficiency of an Otto cycle and visualize a P-V diagram for it. GOVERNING EQUATION:  Ideal gas state equation: `PV=RT` For a Reversible adiabatic process: `PV^γ=constant` Compression Ratio:  `c_r=V_1/V_2` Geometric Equation…