Week-11 Challenge: Braking

AIM To understand different battery chemistry. INTRODUCTION 1.       ELECTRIC SCOOTER/VEHICLE: [1] Electric motorcycles and scooters are plug-in electric vehicles with two or three wheels. The electricity is stored on board in a rechargeable battery, which drives one or more electric motors.…

AIM To create a Simulink model of an EV. INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES: INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Electric vehicles (EVs) use an electric motor for traction, and chemical batteries, fuel cells, ultracapacitors, and/or flywheels for their corresponding energy sources. The electric vehicle has many advantages…

AIM To understand powertrain for aircraft in runways. PROBLEM SPECIFICATION AND SOLVING: PROBLEM STATEMENT I: Search and list out the total weight of various types of aircrafts. EXPLANATION AND OBSERVATION: [1] There are many factors that lead to efficient and safe operation of aircraft. Among these vital factors are proper…

AIM To understand Braking in automobiles. INTRODUCTION 1.       BRAKE: [1] Brake is a mechanical device that inhibits motion by absorbing energy from a moving system. It is used for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, wheel, axle, or to prevent its motion, most often accomplished by means…

AIM To understand DC Machine Characteristics. INTRODUCTION 1. BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR: [1] A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is a type of transistor that uses both electrons and electron holes as charge carriers. A bipolar transistor allows a small current injected at one of its terminals to control a much larger…

AIM To understand EV Drivetrain. OBJECTIVES To understand power converter circuits employed in EV and HEV. To understand the difference between power cable and signal cable. To understand the battery limits of the battery source in EV. PROBLEM SPECIFICATION AND SOLVING: PROBLEM STATEMENT I: Which types of power converter…

AIM To understand and use the Powertrain Blockset tool in MATLAB. INTRODUCTION 1. VEHICLE MODEL: [1] Electric motorcycles and scooters are plug-in electric vehicles with two or three wheels. The electricity is stored on board in a rechargeable battery, which drives one or more electric motors. Electric scooters (as distinct…

AIM To understand and use the ADVISOR tool in MATLAB. INTRODUCTION 1. VEHICLE MODEL: [1] Electric motorcycles and scooters are plug-in electric vehicles with two or three wheels. The electricity is stored on board in a rechargeable battery, which drives one or more electric motors. Electric scooters (as distinct from motorcycles)…

AIM To carry out a system-level simulation of an all-terrain vehicle. INTRODUCTION 1.       SIMULINK: [1] Simulink is a MATLAB-based graphical programming environment for modeling, simulating, and analyzing multidomain dynamical systems. Its primary interface is a graphical block diagramming…

AIM To implement control logic of a “washing machine” using Stateflow as per the defined sequence and also to create a Simulink chart for the “Gear shift” logic as per the defined conditions. INTRODUCTION 1.       SIMULINK: Simulink is a MATLAB-based graphical programming…

AIM To write code in MATLAB that can solve a Rankine cycle and make plots for it. INTRODUCTION 1.       THEORY OF RANKINE CYCLE: [1] The Rankine cycle is a model used to predict the performance of steam turbine systems. It was also used to study the performance of reciprocating steam engines.…

AIM To create a Simulink model of a doorbell using solenoid block with listed parameters and to use a thermistor to sense the temperature of a heater & turn on or turn off the fan as per the given conditions. INTRODUCTION 1.       SIMULINK: Simulink is a MATLAB-based graphical programming…

AIM To write a code in MATLAB to parse a NASA Thermodynamic file and obtain the thermodynamic and chemical properties of different species of the elements. INTRODUCTION 1.       PARSING: Parsing, syntax analysis, or syntactic analysis is the process of analyzing a string of symbols, either…

AIM To write a code in MATLAB to optimize the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. INTRODUCTION 1.       OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES: Mathematical optimization (alternatively spelled optimization) or mathematical programming is the selection of a best element (with regard…

AIM To write code in MATLAB that can solve second order ODE and animate the motion of simple pendulum. INTRODUCTION 1.       ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: In mathematics, an ordinary differential equation (ODE) is a differential equation containing one or more functions of one independent…