AIM: To perform Steady State Conjugate Heat Transfer analysis on a Graphics Card. OBJECTIVE: To perform the simulation with a baseline mesh and then refine it with the best possible element size. Properly defining the fluid and solid zones and using appropriate solid materials for different components.…
Suvrajit Champatiray
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Week 1 Understanding Different Battery Chemistry
OBJECTIVE: To 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 and provide detailed explanation on it. To compare the differences between each type of Li+ ion batteries based on their characteristics.…
18 May 2022 10:39 AM IST
Project 2
OBJECTIVE: To understand the functionality of a P1 hybrid and be able to model it. To quantify the improvement in fuel economy numbers for the hybrid vehicle (kmpl), compared to the conventional vehicle, on the urban cycle (UDDS) and highway cycle (HWFET). To analyze and understand the vehicle operating…
17 May 2022 06:07 AM IST
Project 1
OBJECTIVE: To compute the fuel economy numbers for the given vehicle (kmpl) on the urban cycle (UDDS) and highway cycle (HWFET). To analyze and understand the vehicle operating points in terms of engine speed, torque, transmission speeds, pedal positions, gear, distance traveled, etc. To build the Simulink blocks…
05 May 2022 06:04 AM IST
Final Project: Design of an Electric Vehicle
OBJECTIVE: To design an Electric Vehicle in Simulink which uses battery and a DC motor. To prepare a report about the model including the following: System level configurations Model parameters Results Conclusion SOLUTION: An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle powered by an electric motor, instead…
26 Mar 2022 06:06 PM IST
Project-1: Powertrain for aircraft in runways
OBJECTIVE: PART A: To Search and list out the total weight of various types of aircrafts. To find out is there any difference between ground speed and air speed. To justify Why is it not recommended to use aircraft engine power to move it on the ground at Airport. To find how an aircraft is pushed to runway…
14 Mar 2022 10:27 AM IST
Week-11 Challenge: Braking
OBJECTIVE: To calculate the braking energy for a defined driving cycle. To state why electric motor can’t develop braking torque at high speed similar to starting. To state how electric and mechanical brakes are coordinated. To make a MATLAB program which plots contour of given motor speed, torque…
10 Mar 2022 12:11 PM IST
Week-7 Challenge: DC Motor Control
OBJECTIVE: To explain a MATLAB demo model named ‘Speed control of a DC motor using BJT H-bridge’. To comment on the armature current shoot-up from the scope results. To refer to the help section of ‘The Four-Quadrant Chopper DC Drive (DC7) block’. Compare it with the H-bridge model. To develop…
28 Feb 2022 12:32 PM IST
Week-6 Challenge: EV Drivetrain
OBJECTIVE: To discuss various types of Power Converter circuits employed in Electric and Hybrid Electric vehicles. To calculate the steady state speed at a duty cycle of 70% for the given data: An Electric Vehicle's powertrain with 72V battery pack is shown in the diagram below. The duty ratio for acceleration…
25 Feb 2022 08:43 AM IST
Week-4 Challenge WOT Condition Part-2
OBJECTIVE: The difference between mapped and dynamic model of engine, motor and generator and how to change the model type. To check How the model calculate miles per gallon and which factors are considered to model fuel flow. To run the HEV Reference Application with WOT drive cycle. Change the grade and wind velocity…
21 Feb 2022 07:57 AM IST
Week-3 Challenge: ADVISOR Tool
AIM: To simulate a default EV and PRIUS HEV for various conditions using the Matlab ADVISOR Tool. OBJECTIVE: To check for the EV_defaults_in file, if cargo mass is 500 kg with all other default conditions, can the vehicle travel for 45 km with FTP drive cycle and conclude the observations. In the above…
18 Feb 2022 08:14 AM IST
Project 1
AIM: To design and develop the Wire Harness Routing for the given V16 Engine by following the design and packaging rules. OBJECTIVE: To define all the connectors electrically and save it in the Catalogue. To place all the connectors and cavities at the required position. To place P Clamps and Fir Tree…
14 Feb 2022 01:55 PM IST
Project 2
AIM: To design and develop the Wire Harness Routing for the given Backdoor by following the design and packaging rules. OBJECTIVE: To define all the connectors electrically and save it in the Catalogue. To place all the connectors and cavities at the required position. To place P Clamps and…
14 Feb 2022 01:55 PM IST
Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 7 Challenge
AIM: To flatten the wire harness assembly completed in week 4 assignment and place the flattened view on a drawing sheet. OBJECTIVE: To flatten the wire harness assembly completed in week 4 assignment. To orient the wire bundle as shown in the layout. To place the flattened view on a drawing sheet. To ensure bundles…
31 Jan 2022 11:06 AM IST
Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 5 & 6 Challenge
AIM: To create a Wiring harness assembly and route the harness as per the given layout. OBJECTIVE: To electrically define all the parts provided. To create wiring harness assembly and route the harness as per the given layout. To check for the bundle segment continuity. To add annotations to all connectors.…
28 Jan 2022 12:21 PM IST
Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 4 Challenge
AIM: To create wire routing between the above mentioned connectors by referring the below layout diagram. OBJECTIVE: To download the 3-D CAD part of the below mentioned connectors from the maker's website. The connectors to be used in the wire harness routing are: DT06-4S DT06-6S DT06-2S DT06-08SA…
26 Jan 2022 10:20 AM IST
Wiring harness routing & packaging Rules Week 3 Challenge
AIM: To solve the above assignment questions and define the necessary electrical properties in the respective workbench. OBJECTIVE: To download the P-Clamp CAD data and define it as Electrical Support in the Electrical Part design workbench and also define the necessary electrical properties. To download…
25 Jan 2022 10:21 AM IST
Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 2 Challlenge
AIM: To define Electrical properties of the given components. OBJECTIVE: To download the above CAD data of the parts from the given source. To define the Electrical properties correctly. To create catalogues of the components so that it can be used later. SOLUTION METHODOLGY: CATALOGUE…
24 Jan 2022 02:19 PM IST
Project
AIM: To carry out a system level simulation of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV). OBJECTIVE: To prepare a technical report explaining the different models and its properties and observing the results obtained from them. INTRODUCTION: ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV): An all-terrain vehicle (ATV),…
17 Jan 2022 06:58 PM IST
Week - 4
AIM: To implement control logic create a Simulink chart for the operation of a Washing Machine and Shifting of a Gear by following the required conditions. OBJECTIVE: To implement control logic of a “washing machine” using State flow as per given sequence: If the power supply is available,…
17 Jan 2022 06:22 AM IST
Week -2
AIM: To create a model for Door Bell and a Fan using blocks in Simulink. OBJECTIVE: To model a Door Bell by creating a situation where the switch is closed for 2 seconds and then released. Observe the physical movement of the plunger. To model a Fan by using a thermistor to sense the…
12 Jan 2022 12:27 PM IST
Week 10 - Simulating Combustion of Natural Gas.
AIM: To perform the simulation of Combustion of Natural Gas. OBJECTIVE: To 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. To perform a combustion…
09 Jan 2022 08:52 AM IST
Week 9 - Parametric study on Gate valve.
AIM: To perform Parametric study on a Gate Valve by setting the opening from 10% to 80%. OBJECTIVE: To perform the simulation of a Gate Valve and perform the Parametric Study by setting the gate opening from 10% to 80%. To obtain the mass flow rates at the outlet for every design point. To calculate…
06 Jan 2022 10:40 AM IST
Week 8 - Simulating Cyclone separator with Discrete Phase Modelling
AIM: To perform analysis on cyclone separator and calculate the separation efficiency and pressure drop for each of the cases. OBJECTIVE: To write a few words about any four empirical models used to calculate the cyclone separator efficiency. To perform an analysis on a given cyclone separator…
04 Jan 2022 11:11 AM IST
Week 6 - CHT Analysis on a Graphics card
AIM: To perform Steady State Conjugate Heat Transfer analysis on a Graphics Card. OBJECTIVE: To perform the simulation with a baseline mesh and then refine it with the best possible element size. Properly defining the fluid and solid zones and using appropriate solid materials for different components.…
28 Dec 2021 07:59 AM IST
Week 5 - Rayleigh Taylor Instability
AIM: To study and observe the Rayleigh Taylor Instability phenomenon using Ansys Fluent. OBJECTIVE: To learn about Rayleigh Taylor Instability phenomenon and state some practical CFD models that have been based on the mathematical analysis of Rayleigh Taylor waves.To perform the Rayleigh Taylor…
25 Dec 2021 04:09 AM IST
Week 4 - CHT Analysis on Exhaust port
AIM: The aim of this assignment is to perform a Conjugate Heat Transfer analysis and simulate flow inside an Exhaust port. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this assignment are: To give a brief description about Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) analysis and where and why it is used. To perform CHT analysis…
23 Dec 2021 02:22 PM IST
Week 7 - Simulation of a 1D Super-sonic nozzle flow simulation using Macormack Method
In the above problem we will be dealing with a Convergent Divergent Nozzle. As the flow to the inlet of the nozzle comes from a reservoir whose cross-sectional area is large hence the velocity of the flow is very small so the Mach number is less than 1 which says that the speed is subsonic. Then the flow expands isentropically…
21 Dec 2021 01:54 PM IST
Week 3 - External flow simulation over an Ahmed body.
AIM: The aim of this assignment is to simulate external flow over an Ahmed body. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this assignment are: Describe Ahmed's body and its importance. Explain the reason for the negative pressure in the wake region. Explain the significance of the point of separation. To simulate external flow…
21 Dec 2021 01:25 PM IST
Week 2 - Flow over a Cylinder.
AIM: The aim of this assignment is to simulate a user defined material over the cylinder with different Reynold's number and explain the phenomenon of Karman vortex street. INTRODUCTION: FLOW OVER A CYLINDER: In spite of extensive experimental and numerical studies almost over a century, flow around a circular…
17 Dec 2021 07:22 PM IST
Week 1- Mixing Tee
AIM: To perform the steady state simulations of hot and cold air in a Mixing Tee component. INTRODUCTION: Mixing of fluids in T-junction geometries is of significant interest for nuclear safety research. The most prominent example is the thermal striping phenomena in piping T-junctions, where hot and cold streams join…
16 Dec 2021 09:06 AM IST
Week 11 - Final project
DESIGN AND DEVELOPEMENT OF A DOOR TRIM PANEL: OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this assignment are: Create Tooling axis for each and every component provided. Create the Class B and Class C surfaces from the Class A surface as provided. Create different attachment features by following the master section provided.…
11 Dec 2021 09:30 PM IST
Week 11- Assembly Workbench
ASSEMBLY WORKBENCH The objective of this assignment is to create parts from the given 2D drawings and assemble the parts in the Assembly workbench using appropriate constraints. 1. QUICK RETURN MECHANISM: GIVEN DATA: All the parts are constructed by following the given 2D drawings: PART 1: PART 2: …
07 Dec 2021 02:49 PM IST
Week 9 - Project - Master Section Development
DESIGN OF B PILLAR COVER: The objectives of this assignment are to 1. Create the main Tooling axis for the part and the Lifter axis for the Dog house. 2. Create the flanges, the B surface and the C surface from the master section. 3. Create different engineering features like the Dog house, 4-way locator pin and…
06 Dec 2021 04:58 PM IST
Week 9 - Project 1 - Door Applique Design with Engineering Features
DOOR APPLIQUE DESIGN: The objective of this assignment: 1. Create the Tooling axis for the given component and perform Draft Analysis on both the Class A and final component. 2. Create Class B and Class C surface from the given Class A surface. 3. To create Four way and Two locators on the given model. 4. To create…
03 Dec 2021 11:48 AM IST
Week 9 - Attachment Feature Creation - Challenge 2
DESIGN OF DOG HOUSE AND SCREW BOSS: The objective of this assignment is to create a screw boss and a screw boss with a dog house on the coin holder that was designed in the previous assignment. DESIGN RULE FOR CREATION OF SCREW BOSS: General Guidelines for Screw Bosses: Draft: 0.5…
02 Dec 2021 01:23 PM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 4 - Coin Holder Design
DESIGN OF COIN HOLDER: The objective of this assignment is to create a coin holder from the given Class A Surface and perform Draft Analysis on Class A Surface and the final component or the Solid part. COIN HOLDER CLASS A SURFACE: DRAFT ANALYSIS: Draft Analysis is carried out in order…
02 Dec 2021 12:52 PM IST
Week 9 - Attachment Feature Creation - Challenge 1
DESIGN OF RIBS ON COIN HOLDER COMPONENT: The objective of this assignment is to create the Ribs on coin holder that was designed on previous assignment by following the design rules for rib creation. DESIGN RULES FOR RIB CREATION: DRAFT ANALYSIS: Draft Analysis is carried out in order…
02 Dec 2021 06:44 AM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 5 - Core & Cavity Design
CORE AND CAVITY DESIGN FOR THE SWITCH BEZEL : The objective of this assignment is to create the Core and Cavity of the Switch Bezel component which was designed in the previous assignments and also identigy the Parting Line and Parting surfaces. DRAFT ANALYSIS : First we need to perform Draft Analysis…
01 Dec 2021 07:45 AM IST
Door Arm Rest Week 8 Challenge
DOOR ARM REST DESIGN : The objective of this assignment is to create a solid part of Door Arm Rest from the Class A Surface provided with proper Draft Angle and perform the Draft Analysis on both the Class A Surface and the Solid part. DRAFT ANALYSIS : Before creating the Class B and Class…
29 Nov 2021 08:23 PM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 3 - Switch Bezel Design
SWITCH BEZEL DESIGN : In the above assignment we have to create a Switch Bezel solid component from the given Class A surface and perform Draft Analysis on the same. DRAFT ANALYSIS : First we need to perform Draft Analysis on the Class A surface in order to check that the surface is obeying the design…
29 Nov 2021 06:48 AM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 2 - Base Bracket Design
BASE BRCKET DESIGN : DRAFT ANALYSIS ON THE CLASS A SURFACE : Before creating the class B and class C surface we need to decide the tooling axis such that the manufacturing of the base bracket is possible and the tooling axis should be defined in such a way that the manufacturing cost of the part is minimum…
28 Nov 2021 08:26 AM IST
Week 8 - Challenge 1 - Draft Analysis on a Fan Cover
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT IS TO PERFORM DRAFT ANALYSIS ON THE GIVEN PART THAT IS A FAN COVER. DRAFT ANALYSIS : Draft is providing angles or tapers on the product features such as walls, ribs, posts anad bosses that lie parallel to the direction of release from the mold. It becomes difficult for…
27 Nov 2021 08:11 AM IST
Design of backdoor
BACK DOOR: The backdoor is a part of an automobile which is used as a protection for the boot space area and also in some vehicles it is used for the entry and exit into the vehicle. The opening and closing of backdoor is operated by Gas stay or Power Spindles (Automatic opening and closing of backdoor). BACKDOOR…
05 Nov 2021 07:59 AM IST
Roof challenge
An automobile roof or car top is the portion of an automobile that sits above the passenger compartment, protecting the vehicle occupants from sun, wind, rain, and other external elements. The objective of this assignment is to design the roof of the car and the Front and Rear roof rail and different…
29 Oct 2021 08:36 AM IST
Fender Design Challenge
FENDER DESIGN: Fender is a part of an automobile that frames the wheel well. It's primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rocks, liquids and other road spray from being thrown into the air by the rotating tire. When vehicle is moving tires pick up stones and other substances present on the road and hurl them in all directions.…
23 Oct 2021 07:05 AM IST
Fender Design - Wheel Arch Challenge
Fender is a part of an automobile that frames the wheel well. It's primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rocks, liquids and other road spray from being thrown into the air by the rotating tire in order to protect the body of the automobile and most importantly pedestrian safety. Fender wheel Arc is an arch shaped cavity…
21 Oct 2021 01:34 PM IST
Section Modulus calculation and optimization
MOMENT OF INERTIA: Moment of Inertia is the quantitative measure of the rotational inertia of the body i.e. the opposition that the body exhibits to having its speed of rotation about an axis altered by the application of a Torque. The axis may be internal or external and may or may not be fixed. The moment of inertia…
20 Oct 2021 08:27 AM IST
Hood design-Week 2
The objective of this assignment is to design the Hood Inner panel, Outer panel from the outer panel surface or skin and correctly positioning the Hinges and the Latch and necessary Reinforcements to mount them. CAR HOOD: The hood is a BIW component which consists of Inner panel and outer panel. The inner panel provides…
18 Oct 2021 01:12 PM IST
Week 11 - Simulation of Flow through a pipe in OpenFoam
In this above problem we need to simulate the flow through a circular pipe. In this challenge we will observe the nature of velocity profile and shear stress profile while we simulate the laminar incompressible flow through a cylindrical cross-section and we will simulate an axi-symmetric flow by applying the wedge condition…
12 Oct 2021 05:18 AM IST
Benchmarking
Benchmarking is the process of comparision of different features available in different vehicles. It is also defined as the process of measuring products, services, and processes against those of organizations known to be leaders in one or more aspects of their operations. Benchmarking provides necessary insights…
06 Oct 2021 07:47 PM IST
Underbody Coating
Undercoating is the first line of defense between an automobile’s metallic underside and the elements, and all vehicles receive a coating of this stuff before rolling off the assembly line. Undercoating is a process in which a defensive layer is applied to the undercarriage of vehicles. Undercoating or Rustproofing…
06 Oct 2021 07:36 AM IST
Week 9 - FVM Literature Review
The Finite Volume Method is a discretization method for the approximation of a single or a system of partial differential equations, expressing the conservation or balancing of one or more quantities. In the finite volume method, volume integrals in a partial differential equation that contain a divergence term are converted…
04 Oct 2021 08:29 AM IST
Week 8 - Simulation of a backward facing step in OpenFOAM
The objective in this problem is to simulate an Incompressible laminar viscous flow through a backward facing step in OpenFoam and plot the velocity at 0.085m. The geometry of the backward facing step: The above geometry is converted into 5 blocks in order to solve the problem and the vertices are numbered…
02 Oct 2021 01:34 PM IST
Week 5.1 - Mid term project - Solving the steady and unsteady 2D heat conduction problem
1. STEADY STATE ANALYSIS: The Steady State 2-Dimensional Heat Conduction Equation is: `(partial^2T)/(partialx^2) + (partial^2T)/(partialy^2) = 0` This equation can be further simplified by applying central diffrencing to both the Spatial Terms as: `(T_R - 2*T_P + T_L)/(dx^2) + (T_B - 2*T_P +…
20 Sep 2021 03:52 PM IST
Week 3.5 - Deriving 4th order approximation of a 2nd order derivative using Taylor Table method
The Analytical Function given in the question is : `exp(x)*cos(x)` The Analytical derivative is: `-2*exp(x)*sin(x)` CENTRAL DIFFERENCING: For Fourth Order Approximation using Central Differencing method first we need to calculate the number of 'Nodes' to create the Numerical Boundary or Stencil. According to…
15 Sep 2021 04:06 PM IST