Week 8 - Challenge 3 - Switch Bezel Design

Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5 AIM: To create the Door Applique Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. To create the Heat Stakes and the locators considering the design rules mentioned in the video for the door applique.   PROCEDURE: Import the Class A surface into Catia V5.The door applique…

Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5 AIM: To Create the boss and Dog House for the Centre console coin holder considering the design rules. General Guidelines for challenge:   Draft  - 0.5 degrees on walls of boss  Thickness -  Typically 40%* of the nominal wall at the base  Height…

Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5 AIM: To Create the rib for the Centre console coin holder considering the design rules mentioned in the video.    PROCEDURE: First,Import the CAD part body or geometry to the Catia V5 designing software to work on the ribs. Publish the input using publication option for…

Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5 AIM: To Create the Core and cavity blocks for the switch bezel designed in the earlier challenge.  PROCEDURE: First import the surface or the CLASS A model to the CATIA V5. As the switch bezel is a surface model we have to open it in the GENERATIVE SHAPE DESIGN which is observed…

Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5 AIM:  To Create the Coin Holder Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. To begin with, the tooling axis for the given Class-A Surface should be created to meet the requirements of the draft angle and perform the Draft analysis on the model. Take the Thickness…

Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5 AIM:  To Create the Door Armrest and add thickness to it  Requirements: Create tooling axis following the OEM standard Follow the instructions given in the video a solid. Part Thickness : 2.5 mm Send output in a ppt following the instruction given in the instruction page…

Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5 AIM: To Create the Switch Bezel Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. To begin with, the tooling axis for the given Class-A Surface should be created meeting the requirements of the draft angle and at the end perform the Draft analysis on the model. (Take the…

Introduction to Physical Modeling using Simscape AIM: To carry out a system-level simulation of an all-terrain vehicle and Prepare a technical report explaining the model properties & comments on the results. All-terrain vehicle:An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) is defined as a motorized off-highway vehicle designed…

Introduction to Physical Modeling using Simscape: AIM: To Implement control logic of a “washing machine” using Stateflow as per the given sequence. To Make a Simulink chart for the “Gear shift” logic as per the below conditions PART 1: GIVEN CONDITIONS: If the power supply is available, the system…

Introduction to Physical Modeling using Simscape AIM: 1.To Make a Simulink model of Doorbell using solenoid block. 2.To Use a thermistor to sense the temperature of a heater & turn on or turn off the fan as per the below conditions: Temperature source: 20 °C from 0 to 10 seconds, 27 °C from 10 to…

 Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5 Aim: To Create the Base Bracket Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. To begin with, the tooling axis for the given Class-A Surface should be created meeting the requirements of the draft angle and at the end perform the Draft analysis on the model.  Procedure: First…

Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5 AIM: To Create the tooling axis for the given Fan cover model meeting the requirements of the draft angle and perform the Draft analysis on the model. PROCEDURE: First import the model or the CLASS A model to the CATIA V5. As the FAN COVER is a surface model we have to open int…

MATLAB for Mechanical Engineers AIM: Write a code in matlab to parse the NASA thermodynamic data file and then calculate the thermodynamic properties of various gas species.To Write a function that extracts the 14 coefficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy and specific heats for all the species in the data…

2D meshing on the instrumental Panel AIM: To perform 2d meshing on the instrumental panel by checking the geometrical errors and mesh with the given element Quality criteria. PROCEDURE:  STEP 1: Importing the model to the ANSA software. To import the model to ANSA we have to have ".ansa or .igs". First,…

MATLAB for Mechanical engineers: AIM: To write a code in MATLAB to optimize the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. INTRODUCTION:  A genetic algorithm (GA) is a search-based optimization technique based on the principles of Genetics and Natural Selection. It is frequently…

MATLAB for Mechanical Engineers AIM: To write a program in Matlab that will simulate the pendulum motion. In Engineering, ODE is used to describe the transient behavior of a system. A simple example is a pendulum.The way the pendulum moves depends on the Newtons second law. When this law is written down, we get a second…

MATLAB for Mechanical Engineers AIM:To write a program in Matlab to simulate the forward kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm Robotics is an emerging field, As a mechanical enginner learning how to write simple programs to simulate robotic arms is a good skill set to have. When we start learning Robotics,first we learn the kinamatics…

Fundamentals of Electrical Systems and Electrical Architecture 1.Identify each of the major elements in the above automotive wiring diagram.  ANS: a) Genarator b) Battery c) Starter d) Ignition coil e) Ammeter f) Foot selector switch g) Breaker i) Fuse j) Current and voltage regulator   2.Explain the purpose…

MESHING ON THE SUSPENSIONS ASSEMBLY AIM: Meshing on the give suspension assembly according to the given quality criteria and mesh parameters.Use Appropriate connections to connect the suspension assembly and perform Symmetry command to reflect the half finished model to the other side. PROCEDURE: STEP 1: Import the…

MORPHING TECHNIQUES APPLIED ON THE MODEL  AIM: To practice and apply the Morphing techniques on the given models and morph the model as given in the question. PROCEDURE:   We haven been given two models in the challange, so in the first model we have to practice the morphing techniques as we show in the…

CREATING CONNECTIONS FOR RARE DOOR AIM: To perform the connections on the rare door by using 1D elements PROCEDURE:  Step 1: To perform the connections on any model, first we have to do the midsurfacing of the model and then we gave to obtain the meshing on the model. But for the given rare door model, the midsurfacing…

SOLID MESHING ON A CAR REARVIEW MIRROR(TETRA HEXA) AIM: To obtain a solid meshing( tetra hexa) on a given car rareview mirror model PROCEDURE: STEP 1: Import the geometry to the ANSA to perform the solid meshing.  Open Ansa software in your system and and then go to files command in the menu bar and open the…

TOOL TEST 2  Intake mainfold  google drive link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-_0zLUDLf3qHouiWEAa_t1LTp00N5FnU/view?usp=sharing

1D elements for Parallal bracket with given cross-section and DOF AIM: To create 1D elements for a given parallel bracket with given cross-section and DOF. PROCEDURE: Import the model by using the import option                               …

MODEL 1 SWITCH PANEL LINK https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AII40aDX1Apu4-RxtZwFzTeoA6VguWAp/view?usp=sharing   MODEL 2 COMPONENT LINK https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DK5mLR4JB31g_Dk3c9U0icz5dwCBua_j/view?usp=sharing        

MANUAL MID SURFACING AND MESH GENERATION OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE CAP WITH VARYING THICKNESS  AIM: To genarate the mid surface of a plastic bottle cap component and optaining good mesh flow PROCEDURE: STEP 1: Importing the required or the given CAD geometry(BOTTLE CAP) to ANSA  The topo clean up should be…

Week:3  PRE-PROCESSING OF CAR HOOD GEOMETRY ON ANSA AIM: To perform pre-processing structural analysis on a car hood by obtaining mid surface and 2D mesh with specified quality criteria on ANSA  ABSTRACT: A car hood or a car bonnet is the part that covers the engine of the automobile. It is derived…