Hood design-Week 2

Design of backdoor Aim- To design the outer upper & lower panel, inner panel with the necessary reinforcemets by following the Master section with the design parameter for the given class A surface. Introduction- A door is a hinged part which is used for entry & exit of the vehicles. Back doors are one of…

Roof challenge- Objectives:- Design the roof from the given styling surface with front & rear roof rails. Create the Bow roof rails & center Bow with reinforcement. Do a curvature study on the roof & validate the design by applying the Heat distortion criteria & snow load criteria. Perform the section modulus.…

HOOD DESIGN- CHALLANGE Introduction:- Hood is main component of a car at the front portion. It is used to decorate the car & add luxurious look. The shape of the bonnet is made aerodynamic in order to minimize the air effect. Hood design consideration:- The hood of a car is considered as the frontal BIW enclosure component.…

Fender Design Challenge:- Introduction- Fender is the part of an automobile that frames a wheel well. Its primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rocks, liquids & other road spray from being thrown into the air by the rotating tire. Fenders are typically rigid & can be damaged by contact with the road surface.…

Section Modulus calculation and optimization:- Introduction- Section modulus is a geometric property for a given cross-section used in the design of beams or flexural members. Section modulus is a direct measure of strength of any sectional area of an object about an reference axis. Equations for the section modulus of…

UNDERBODY COATING Underbody coating provides long term protection from corrosion to car's underbody. It also protects parts like internal body panels, frame rails & other inner cavities that are not physically accessible but are prone to corrosion. Car body is made up of several metals such as Iron, Steel, Aluminium,…

1. Benchmark with presently available cars in the market for the following 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 which…

Challenge- Consistency of Units- Aim- The aim of this challenge is to convert the given SI unit values of given quantities to gm/mm/ms units & also to prepare consistent unit system table for different unit system. All parameters are converted to their respective unit system with SI Unit system as standard (kg,m,s)…

Simulating Combustion of Natural Gas Part I Perform a combustion simulation on the combustor model and plot the variation of the mass fraction of the different species’ in the simulation using line probes at different locations of the combustor as shown in Fig. You need to plot for CO2, H2O, CH4, N2, O2, NOx emissions…

Parametric study on Gate valve For this challenge, you will have to perform a parametric study on the gate valve simulation by setting the opening from 10 % to 80%.  Obtain the mass flow rates at the outlet for each design point. Calculate the flow coefficient and flow factor for each opening and plot the graph. Discuss…

Simulating Cyclone separator with Discrete Phase Modelling Aim:- To perform analysis on cyclone separator and calculate the separation efficiency and pressure drop.   Objective:- To write a few words about any four empirical models used to calculate the cyclone separator efficiency.  To perform an analysis…

CHT Analysis on a Graphics card Objectives:- Run the simulation by varying the velocity from 1m/sec to 5m/sec for at least 3 velocities and discuss the results. Find out the maximum temperature and heat transfer coefficient attained by the processor. Prove that the simulation has achieved convergence with appropriate images…

Rayleigh Taylor Instability Challenge:- What are some practical CFD models that have been based on the mathematical analysis of Rayleigh Taylor waves? In your own words, explain how these mathematical models have been adapted for CFD calculations. Perform the Rayleigh Taylor instability simulation for 2 different mesh…

Conjugate Heat Transfer of Exhaust Port   1. Give a brief description of why and where a CHT analysis is used. Conjugate heat transfer corresponds with the combination of heat transfer in solids and heat transfer in fluids. In solids conduction dominates whereas in fluids convection dominates. It is the heat transfer…

Ahmed Body Project:- Run the simulation for the velocity of 25 m/sec with the default air properties in fluent. For this challenge, you will have to provide answers to the following questions: Q1. Describe Ahmed's body and its importance. Q2. Explain the reason for the negative pressure in the wake region.  Q3. Explain…

Steady Vs Unsteady flow over a cylinder Objective:- Simulate the flow over a cylinder and explain the phenomenon of Karman vortex street. PART-I Simulate the flow with the steady and unsteady case and calculate the Strouhal Number for Re= 100.  PART-II Calculate the coefficient of drag and lift over a cylinder by…

AIM:- To study mixing efficiency of mixing Tee for different Momentum ratio. Mixing Tee:- It is a device used in many mixing/diffusion process, and it also provide proper mixing of quantities to get desired result at output.  As shown in above figure, by adjusting chilled air velocity, we can get desired output. Work…