Madymo
We use it for our crush zone...
Our advisor uses it with his ferro arm to analyze automotive crashes as well... Its very good crash testing software...
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Type: Posts; User: Timmay!
Madymo
We use it for our crush zone...
Our advisor uses it with his ferro arm to analyze automotive crashes as well... Its very good crash testing software...
check out...
ODU will take one as well...
if you're e-mailin them out... tberr002 at odu.edu please http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
In my 97 Dodge Dakota, I have a 2800 stall Precision Industries converter with a 2.5 rating. With the tranny "locked" in 3rd gear on the dyno, I could get some pretty insane torque numbers by simply...
99.9% sure we will be in... (Old Dominion)
We're about to order our frame material after I view the FEA results...
Other than that, the drivertain and much of the suspension is coming from our 2006 car which had major engine problems at...
Our school usually gives us ~$4000 a year...
The rest is donations and sponsorships...
I've gotta 97 Dodge Dakota Club Cab that runs 11.92@114 (showin 110k miles too)
and a 99 Dodge Neon R/T (30MPG) with a fairly built motor... (cams, pistons, rods, etc)
Our FEA was without an engine attached in the FEA. We had a student use Nastran for our analysis. Last year it was only off 5% from physical testing.
Our chassis weighs 46lbs, its all 1" round tubing. According to the FEA results, if I can do math, we saw 1867ft/lbs per deg.
Granted, our shocks have changed location kinda, which I'm hoping...
we found this out yesterday as well... and we were only asking about the height of the wheel. Looks like we have some cutting to do...
Lets just say I'm in my 6th year at college (only 3rd in FSAE) and during those past 2 years I've been involved with FSAE, my GPA has changed... alot lower. I wouldnt trade it for the world though,...
Wow, ODU may actually have a heads up on some schools??? (j/k)
Our advisor is one of the top guys who investigates car impacts on the east coast. Anyways, we use a software program that displays...
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I'd appreciate it! Thanks!
where did you get this information?
Must be nice to have a budget of ~40k then...
we deal with 4k a year... http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif
I drag race quite often...
Heres a good rule of thumb.
If you hook up at the launch, your MPH will be LOWER than if you were to spin on the launch and cross the traps at a higher ET.
I...
We have no rules like that... Last year we had 2 girls in 2 different rooms...
This year it looks like it will be 2 girls again...
We used the oil impregnated bronze bushings in our 04 car.... still have yet to have any trouble with them, and they are 1/4" ID's
we've ran our car at nearly all the local auto-x's too.... so,...
We ran a 13/53 last year, and plan on going with a 11-13 up front and a 55 in the rear with possibly removing 1st.
Last years drivers never got out of 3rd other than accel.
We are about a month behind schedule. But, as usual, I'm tryin to catch us back up.
Over break, I finished our mock-up, FEA'd some suspension mounts, and built our Jig.
Today we start our...
I just recieved an 11 tooth for our 01 GSXR motor from Sprocket Specialists. This is for a 520 chain as well.... the only thing is, it took 4 weeks to get it. We will be testing this in our 04 car...
Hey, we are trying to find out the flow rate for our water pump so we can use it to design our radiator. We have a 2001 Suzuki GSXR 600 motor. Any body know?
d'oh, sorry i meant a backfire pressure relief valve so you don't have flames coming out of the intake
hey, does anyone know if it is illegal to have a backpressure relief valve in the intake plenum? We have looked in the rules but they don't say anythin against it.