Week 8 - Challenge 3 - Switch Bezel Design

Title: modelling of the chopper model in Solidworks. - Objectives: - To model different parts of the chopper along with proper constraints.  - To do assembly of the chopper model. - Perform the rendering operations. - Introduction: - Designing or modelling of a vehicle generally starts with the styling team,…

2. Prepare a report explaining what is benchmarking. Benchmarking involved a comparison between similar products on some dimensions of performance. It can be used to compare the availability and delivery of features in a product and in this form often provide the basis of consumer tests and review. These look at products…

- Aim: To design the back door of an automobile using the styling surface along with necessary reinforcement and embosses. - Method: - Back door: - A car door is a type of door, typically hinged, but sometimes attached by other mechanisms such as tracks, in front of an opening that is used for entering and exiting a vehicle.…

- Aim: To design the Automotive roof rail and all the necessary components to improve the strength of the roof as per the master section. - Method: - 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…

- Aim: To design automobile fender using given surface along with proper emboss. - Method: - Fender is the American English term for the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well. Its primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rocks, liquids, and other roads spray from being thrown…

- Aim: Use the Section from your Hood design and calculate the section modulus using the formula S = I/y. - From the below images, the steps for calculating the section modulus for the given surface can be seen. In order to see how actually the change in section modulus results in the behaviour of the material is it necessary…

- Aim Design Hood outer panel, inner panel and the necessary reinforcements by following the Master section mentioned with the design parameter. - Method: - The hood or bonnet is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles. Hoods can open to allow access to the engine compartment or trunk for maintenance and repair.…

Write one page about Underbody coating and its purposes. - 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. But even if you are getting the undercoating…

- Aim: Development of a Door Trim panel - Objectives: - To extract all the necessary surfaces like class B and C. - To capture the complex areas properly and make sure the drat is done. - To capture all the attachment features like ribs, snap, heat stakes, 4-way locator, dog house, etc. - To make sure the part is feasible…

- Aim: Create the rib for the Centre console coin holder considering the design rules mentioned in the video.  - Objectives: - To create the rib as per the rules. - To perform draft analysis. - Method: - Ribs are generally used for stiffening purpose. - To create a rib following rules must…

- Objectives: - To capture the tooling axis, class B&C. - To capture the fillets and all extruded features, along with dog house and 4-way locator. - To perform the draft analysis with 0.5 degrees of draft and to check the feasibility of the component. - Method: - Theory: - Pillars are the vertical or near-vertical supports…

- Aim: To capture the features link dog house and boss. - Method: - Stepwise procedure to create the bose and dog house is given below. - Dog house is an engineering feature used in the plastic trim design. Dog houses are used as supporting feature. Sometimes other engineering features like snaps;…

- Aim: Create the Base Bracket Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. - Objectives: - To create a tooling axis. - To create class B. - To capture all the features mentioned on the surface. - Method: - First, it is necessary to capture the tooling axis, and it is shown in the below images.   As we need…

- Aim: To prepare a battery pack combination for 18KWh capacity using ANR26650M1-B  cell. - Objectives: - To make a design model of a battery pack. - To calculate the number of series and number of parallel cell in order to form a module. - To calculate the number of modules required to form the battery…

- Aim: Create the Coin Holder Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. - Objective: - To form the tooling axis for the given component. - To form class B & C surfaces and form a solid from the surface. - To capture class A more properly and to capture the tooling axis. - Method: - Tooling…

- Aim: Create the Core and cavity blocks for the switch bezel designed. - Objectives: - To capture class B and C surface properly. - To form the tooling axis with 3 walls. - To perform the draft analysis and make sure it passes the criteria. - Method: - First, it is necessary to capture the class B and C surfaces along…

- Aim: Create the Switch Bezel Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. - Objectives: - To create class B & C surface for the given component. - To form the tooling axis and capture the surface properly. - To check the feasibility of the component with a draft of 3 degrees. - Method: - In order to obtain the…

- Aim: Create the Base Bracket Plastic component through the given Class-A surface.  - Objectives: - To understand the method of forming the tooling axis. - To understand how to use class A surface to make class B and class C surface. - To provide proper draft as per requirement and capture the…

- Aim: Create a detailed MATLAB model of an electric rickshaw (three-wheel passenger vehicle). - To create a Matlab model for the given problem.  - Preparing an excel sheet for the given input parameters and assume data as per requirement. - To find the energy consumption, temperature rise of the motor and controller.…

- Aim: Automobile rear wheel holder meshing. - Objective: - To extract the mid surface of sheet metal component. - To mesh the mid surface and obtain proper mesh flow. - Method: - Rear-wheel holder is the part that is mostly situated in the trunk or boot space of the vehicle and is used to keep the extra…

-  1. Aim:  - To perform simulation of BAJA All-terrain vehicle(ATV) that uses a CVT and analyze the results from different input methods. - 2. Objective: - To study, open and closed-loop ATV model. - To understand the input methods like lookup table, dashboard blocks and signal builder model.…

- Aim: Create a MATLAB model of the electric car which uses a battery and a DC motor. Choose suitable blocks from the Powertrain block set.  - Objectives: - To make the most simple and low run-time models using Matlab using an individual component model. - To check out performance parameters like…

- 1. Aim: To do the geometry clean up, take the mid surface and mesh the given side door as per the quality requirement. - 2. Method: - A car door is a type of door, typically hinged, but sometimes attached by other mechanisms such as tracks, in front of an opening that is used for entering and…

- Aim: Create connector and Attach the various parts of the given model. - Objectives: - To perform the connection as per the requirement. - Implement the connections and do the mesh correction. - Method: -  1. Right_Rail_2 & Front_truss_1:- Seam-Quad(angled+capped+L) - The procedure…

- Aim: To create Teramesh for the Housing. - Objective: - To create a tetra mesh for the given component. - To do the solid mesh cleanup. - Perform the different solid mesh techniques to remove the errors. - Method: - In solid meshing, the ability to mesh is referred to as mappability. Mappability is…

- Aim: Mesh the given component as per the quality criteria. - Objective: - Take the mid surface. - Geometry clean up and assign the property and thickness. - Mesh the given component as per the requirement. - Method: - Geometry cleanup: After taking the mid surface it is necessary to clean the…

- Aim: Mesh the Given component with the Size of 5mm. Create 1D elements on the following component with given cross-section and DOF. - Objectives: - Meshing the given component as per the given requirements. - Creating 1D elements and formation of rod, bar and beam as per the requirement. - Method: …

- Aim: To prepare a report summarizing thermal management techniques for the electric car battery pack. - Method: - Batteries work based on the principle of a voltage differential, and at high temperatures, the electrons inside become excited which decreases the difference in voltage between the two…

- Aim: to study how weakest cell limits the usable capacity of the battery pack? What is the solution? - Method: - Electric vehicles (EV) are widely viewed as an essential technology for energy-saving and environmentally sustainable transportation. As the new traction requirements, critical energy sources of…

- Aim: To understand the coulomb counting method and way for counting SoC estimation using the coulomb counting. - Method: - Different applications impose different battery-pack performance management priorities. To function reliably, EVs need to have continuous updates for the estimates of two fundamental battery quantities:…

- Aim: Make a MATLAB model of fuel cell powered electric vehicle and comment on results Full cell: - A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (often hydrogen) and an oxidizing agent(often oxygen) into electricity through a pair of redox reactions. Fuel cells are different from…

Aim: Simulate generic battery model charge-discharge using UDDS data. Method: - For the given problem the UDDS cycle has been provided by the instructor. - The EPA Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule (UDDS) has been developed for chassis dynamometer testing of heavy-duty vehicles. The UDDS schedule as…

Aim: To design a Powertrain for aircraft in runways. 1. Search and list out the total weight of various types of aircraft.  The aircraft gross weight (also known as the all-up weight and abbreviated AUW) is the total aircraft weight at any moment during the flight or ground operation. An aircraft's…

Aim: 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.  Cell Name Cathode Material Anode Material Chemical Reaction at Cathode(Discharge) Chemical Reaction at Anode(Discharge) Overall Reaction LCO(LiCo02)…

- Aim: - To calculate the energy required for braking. - To understand the electric and mechanical braking system. - Code for efficiency and speed and torque behaviour. - Objectives: - Calculation of braking energy considering the cycle. - Understanding the working of the electric and mechanical braking…

- 1. Aim: - To understand the Speed control of a DC motor BJT H bridge circuit. - To study the Four-Quadrant Chopper DC Drive (DC7) block and compare it with the H bridge circuit. - To do modifications in DC7 in order to get the EV cycle. - 2. Objective: - Understanding the H bridge circuit and how…

- 1. Aim:  - Implement control logic of a washing machine using Stateflow. - Make a Simulink chart for the Gear shift logic as per the requirement. - 2. Objectives: - To implement the logic for simulation of a washing machine using Stateflow. - Forming a simulation of gear shift which will indicate…

- Aim: - To get to know the types of converters used in HEV and EV vehicles. - To find the speed using torque-speed relation. - To get to know about induction and DC brushless motors. - Objectives: - To get information on converters for HEV and EV vehicles. - Find the speed using torque-speed expression.…

- 1.Aim: - Understanding the difference between the mapped and dynamic model of engine, motor and generator. - To find out how does the model calculate miles per gallon? Which factors are considered to model fuel flow. - Run the HEV ReferenceApplication with WOT drive cycle. Change the grade and wind velocity in the environment…

-  Aim: To use the advisor tool and understand the different options available in order to perform the simulation. - Objective:  - To give different inputs and been changed to understand the change in the output. - To perform the simulation in order to see whether the vehicle meets the requirement or some modifications…

- 1. Aim: Write code to fit a linear and cubic polynomial for the Cp data.  - 2. Objective:  - Plot the linear and cubic fit curves along with the raw data points. - Write a code to show splitwise method. - To get best possible fit.   - 3. Method: - Curve fitting…

Simulation for the Doorbell using Solenoid block and Use of a Thermistor to switch ON or OFF the fan for a particular temperature. - 1. Aim: - To make a simulink model of Dorebell using solenoid block. - Use a thermistor to sense the temperature of a heater and turn on or off the fan.   - 2. Objective: - To…

1. Aim -  Plot a function  y(x) = (x-1) * (x-3)^2 * (x-9)^2 using basic Simulink blocks.  Run Simulink example “Suspension System Comparison”. 2. Objective -  - Understand the library browser and use different blocks to get the output. - To run the example…

 NASA Thermodynamics Data File Parsing - 1. Aim: Write a function that extracts the 14 coefficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy and specific heats for all the species in the data file - NASA thermodynamics data. - 2. Objectives:  - Calculate the specific heat, enthalpy and entropy using…

- 1. Aim: Write code in MATLAB to optimise the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. - 2. Objective:  - To understand the concept and syntax of a genetic algorithm. - To form a function of stalagmite expression. - To plot the graph for unbounded condition and then…

- 1. Aim: To solve an ODE equation to plot the graph and do an animation of the motion of a pendulum corresponds to the displacement value. - 2. Objectives:  - To solve an ODE equation. - To generate the plot of displacement and velocity. - To get an animation of the motion of pendulum with respect…

- 1. Aim: To write a program to find the variation of Drag force when compared to different values of Velocity and Coefficient of Drag. - 2. Objectives: - To generate the plot of Velocity vs Drag force. - To generate the plot of Coefficient of Discharge vs Drag force.  - Understanding the change in Drag…

- 1. Aim: To plot the forward kinematics of a 2R robotic arm using MATLAB. - 2. objective: - To perform the animation of a 2R robotics arm - Represent the motion of two arms of a robot. - Use of for loops to perform the operations. - 3. Method: - The program shown below gives the idea of the operation…

Automobile Suspension System meshing and connections -Aim: Understanding the different parts of a suspension system, performing the meshing(shell mesh and solid mesh) and doing the necessary connections. -Objectives: - Basic understanding of the suspension system and its components. - Performing the geometry check…

Mid-Surface extraction and Meshing of Car Instrumental Pannel   1. Aim: Understanding the structure of Automobile IP, doing geometry check, taking out the mid and performing meshing operation. 2. Objectives: - Performing the geometry check and removing the errors.  - Extracting the mid surface…

1. Aim: Understanding the methods of Auto mid surface and mesh generation. Using the methods like skin mid surface, Casting mid surface and manual mid surface and the Batch mesh as well. 2. Objectives: - Using the manual mid and Batch mesh to generate the auto mesh. - Using skin mid surface to extract the mid and…

Basics of Morphing  -Aim:  To get introduced to the morphing methods, hands-on experience with morphing and how to implement morphing.   -Objective:  - Understanding the way to do morphing a component. - Where morphing has been used. Examples are given by the instructor. - Practical use of the tool.…

Challenge: Hood design Aim: Understanding the basic commands used in ANSA software and use these to generate meshing on the Hood for further processes.   Objectives: Understanding the basic commands and their use in different places. Forming the mid surface of complex parts. Forming the mesh and making sure there…

Bottle Cap Meshing and Mid Surface Aim: Meshing the bottle cap model, which consist of taking the mid surface of complex shapes and understanding the basic procedure. Objectives: Taking the mid of complex shapes. Using new commands like Revolve for translation operation. Mid formation of teeth and thread. How to use COG…

Rearview mirror Aim: Understanding the Volume mesh where we try to convert tria elements made on the surface into the tetra elements and volumetric tetra elements inside the empty volume shell.   Objectives: Getting introduced to the new area of volume mesh. Understanding the areas where the solid mesh is done…

Aim: Understanding the basic types of connections, where to use these connections to make constrains and how to connect the parts by using different connections and their uses. Objective : Understanding different types of connections. Different methods to implement these connections. How to form a weld and bolt connections.…

Intake manifold link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MrcKXmlAcSpvX1BXJAlRm6uD_v6bUPO6/view?usp=sharing