Underbody coating is usually a dense cladding (often based on rubber) applied uniformly to the undercarriage of the automobile. It is normally sprayed or painted on when the car is just out of the dealership and is clean. …
Akhil S Kumar
updated on 10 Oct 2021
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Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 2 Challlenge
Aim: To define the given connectors and connector clip as electrical conductors using Electrical Part Design workbench. Define all the necessary properties. Challenge: DT06-08SA Making the Bundle Connection Point Making the Connector Connection Point Defining the Connector …
08 Feb 2022 10:47 AM IST
Week 2 Air standard Cycle
Objective: To write a code that can solve an otto cycle and make plots for it. Also, calculate the thermal efficiency of the cycle. Theory: What is Otto Cycle? The Otto Cycle describes how heat engines turn gasoline into motion. Like other thermodynamic cycles, this cycle turns chemical…
05 Jan 2022 12:22 PM IST
Design of backdoor
Aim: To come up with a back door design using the provided styling surface by using appropriate design methodologies, and providing the necessary reinforcements and embosses. Back Door/Tailgate: Back door or tailgate is the rear door of the car which opens either upwards or sideways providing access to…
14 Dec 2021 09:14 AM IST
Roof challenge
Aim: To design a car roof with all its members like the front, rear, reinforcement, and bow roof rails. Also, calculate the heat distortion and snow load conditions and determine whether the designed roof satisfies the conditions. Theory: Roof An automobile roof or car top is the portion of an…
05 Nov 2021 07:02 AM IST
Fender Design Challenge
What is a Fender? A fender is the part of a car, truck, motorcycle, or another vehicle that frames or covers a wheel well. Its main purpose is to prevent debris, rocks, mud, liquids, sand, and other road debris from getting thrown in the air while the tyres rotate. Fenders may be made from fibreglass, steel,…
25 Oct 2021 07:50 AM IST
Fender Design - Wheel Arch Challenge
Aim: To decide whether the given design passes the European standards or not. Given Design: European Regulations Requirement: Take the outline of the wheel and the fender. Make the centre of the wheel circle. Draw horizontal and vertical perpendicular axes from the centre of the wheel circle. Draw…
21 Oct 2021 07:29 AM IST
Section Modulus calculation and optimization
Aim: To calculate the section modulus of the designed hood and try out another way to increase the section modulus of the same hood by some means. Theory: What is Section Modulus (S)? Section Modulus is the total moment resisted by the section to the stress in the extreme fibre. It gives an idea about how much…
20 Oct 2021 07:55 AM IST
Hood design-Week 2
What is a Hood/Bonnet? The hood or bonnet is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles. Hoods can open to allow access to the engine compartment for maintenance and repair. On front-engined cars, the hood may be hinged at either the front or the rear edge, or in earlier models, it may…
19 Oct 2021 07:44 AM IST
Underbody Coating
Underbody coating is usually a dense cladding (often based on rubber) applied uniformly to the undercarriage of the automobile. It is normally sprayed or painted on when the car is just out of the dealership and is clean. …
10 Oct 2021 08:26 AM IST
Benchmarking
Benchmarking: Benchmarking is a process of measuring the performance of a company’s products, services, or processes against those of another companyconsidered to be the best in the industry. The point of benchmarking is to identify internal opportunities for improvement. That might mean tweaking a product’s…
10 Oct 2021 07:46 AM IST
Week 11 - Final project
Objective: To make a solid body of a side door trim of a vehicle from the given class As of 4 parts of the door trim which are Lower Substrate, Bottle Holder, Map Pocket, and Door Armrest. Also, B side features like doghouse, heat stake and locator should be added, all obeying the design rules and guidelines. …
04 Oct 2021 07:12 AM IST
Door Arm Rest Week 8 Challenge
Aim: To make a solid body of the given door armrest Given Class A surface Draft Analysis for the Class A Main TA Side TA Tooling Axis Main tooling axis was made in the Z direction and the side core tooling axis was made in the Y direction. Main and side tooling axes made Making…
04 Oct 2021 07:03 AM IST
Week 9 - Project - Master Section Development
Given class A surface of vehicle B-pillar Making tooling axis Checking draft analysis of class A surface Class B creation (fixing errors and improving class B) Flange creation Fixing flange creation Flanges created Class C creation Improving an edge on class A Giving fillets to the final creation…
17 Mar 2021 12:13 PM IST
Week 9 - Project 1 - Door Applique Design with Engineering Features
Making a point and a plane on the door attachment surface Tooling axis creation 4-way locator Padding Making door attachment surface as thick surface Drafting 4-way locator Giving entry chamfer and fillets 2-way locator Giving thick surface to door applique \ …
02 Mar 2021 12:48 PM IST
Week 9 - Attachment Feature Creation - Challenge 2
Creating screw boss Ribs around screw boss Draft for screw boss Draft for ribs Union trim Giving fillets Translating screw boss to another location Dog House creation Extracting base from class A surface Sweep with draft direction (draft angle 1.5 degrees) …
01 Mar 2021 11:23 AM IST
Week 9 - Attachment Feature Creation - Challenge 1
Thickness of the body here is 2.5mm Rib initial sketch Extrude Height of rib should be t * 5 = 2.5 * 5 = 12.5mm Thicken Thickness of rib should be t * 0.4 = 2.5 * 0.4 = 1mm Draft Minimum draft degree should be 0.5 Adding to main body Fillets Fillets should be…
26 Feb 2021 01:09 PM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 4 - Coin Holder Design
Class A surface Making boundary Disassemble to get 2 separate boundaries Making tooling axis Extracting side walls Untrim Extrapolate Trim Offset Extracting base Offset Extracting top wall Measuring fillets of class A surface Giving…
26 Feb 2021 07:49 AM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 5 - Core & Cavity Design
Class A surface of switch bezel Making parting surface Unhiding class B surface and class C extrapolate Trimming Making the core and cavity block Extrude Finished core Cavity making Finished core and cavity Intersection to see the cutouts clearly …
23 Feb 2021 11:46 AM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 3 - Switch Bezel Design
Creating tooling axis Tooling axis in Y direction Bisecting line Tooling axis in X direction Extract Untrim Extrapolate Trimming to get the required surface Offsets Hiding all the main surfaces to show only the offset surfaces (offset surface is the class B…
19 Feb 2021 09:18 AM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 2 - Base Bracket Design
Creating class B surface Plane to make intersect Creating tooling axis Draft analysis Extract Untrim Extrapolate Trim Offset Doing the same on the other side Creating base Trimming all to create the required surface Comparing with…
18 Feb 2021 10:11 AM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 1 - Draft Analysis on a Fan Cover
Here is the default CATpart given in the question. First of all, ensure that there are no gaps between surfaces (check continuity of class A surface). For that, use join command and check for continuities. Next, find the tooling axis of the component (Tooling axis is the direction in which the mould opens…
15 Feb 2021 12:37 PM IST
Simulink for Mechanical Engineers Week 3 Challenge
1. Determine the work done as the tool moves through a distance of 100 mm. Distance (mm) 0 20 40 60 80 100 …
09 Mar 2020 02:11 AM IST
Starting with Simulink
Starting with Simulink by plotting functions and doing a comparison on Suspension Systems Objectives: 1. To plot a function y(x)=(x-1)*(x-3)^2*(x-9)^2 using basic Simulink blocks. 2. To run Simulink example “Suspension System Comparison”…
09 Mar 2020 02:06 AM IST
Parsing NASA Thermodynamic Data
Parsing NASA Thermodynamic Data Aim: To write code in MATLAB to parse the given NASA thermodynamic data file and then calculate thermodynamic properties of various gas species. Objective: To write a function that extracts the 14 coefficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy and specific heats for all…
24 Feb 2020 01:55 AM IST
Stalagmite Mathematical Model
Aim: To find the global maxima for the stalagmite function using genetic algorithm in MATLAB Theory: What is a Genetic Algorithm? A genetic algorithm (GA) is a method for solving both constrained and unconstrained optimization problems based on a natural selection process that mimics biological evolution. The algorithm…
20 Feb 2020 02:12 AM IST
To perform Curve Fit using MATLAB
Curve Fit using MATLAB Aim: To perform Curve Fit using MATLAB and figure out a way to fix the "polynomial badly conditioned warning" and to measure the error in the solution. Theory: What is Curve Fitting? Curve fitting is the process of constructing a curve, or mathematical functions, which possesses the…
17 Feb 2020 01:54 AM IST
Simulation of SHM using MATLAB
Simulation of SHM using MATLAB Aim: To simulate the simple harmonic motion of a pendulum using ordinary differential equations(ODEs). Theory: What is Simple Harmonic Motion? Simple harmonic motion is the repetitive movement back and forth through an equilibrium, or central position so that the maximum…
13 Feb 2020 07:22 AM IST
Otto Cycle - Piston Kinematics and PV Diagram
Otto Cycle - Piston Kinematics and PV Diagram Aim: To write a program that can solve an Otto cycle and make the PV diagram plot for it. Theory: An Otto cycle is an idealised thermodynamic cycle that describes the functioning of a typical spark ignition piston engine. It is the thermodynamic…
12 Feb 2020 07:37 AM IST
Forward Kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm
Forward Kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm Aim: To write a program to simulate the forward kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm manipulator, and determine its workspace. Theory: A robotic arm is a type of mechanical arm with similar functions to a human arm. The links of such a manipulator are connected by…
12 Feb 2020 01:12 AM IST