Mechanical Design 101 » Automotive Information http://mechanicaldesign101.com Mechanical Design Educational Resource Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:52:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Smitty and the Professor http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/10/19/smitty-and-the-professor/ http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/10/19/smitty-and-the-professor/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:10:56 +0000 admin http://mechanicaldesign101.com/?p=1078 Smitty and I have been working on a series of videos for an introduction to race car engineering. Please look for them at the link: Smitty and the Professor

]]> http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/10/19/smitty-and-the-professor/feed/ 0 Racecar Engineering http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/10/07/racecare-engineering/ http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/10/07/racecare-engineering/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:37:39 +0000 admin http://mechanicaldesign101.com/?p=1029 Some years ago my 2008 FSAE team prepared Wiki pages with background information for racecar engineering. Those pages were recently rediscovered by our 2012 team. There is a lot of interesting and useful information. Please see the links:
1. Summer 2007 racecar research; and
2. Fall 2007 racecar research.

]]> http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/10/07/racecare-engineering/feed/ 0 2012 UCI Energy Invitational http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/10/04/2012-uci-energy-invitational/ http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/10/04/2012-uci-energy-invitational/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:26:26 +0000 admin http://mechanicaldesign101.com/?p=1007 Planning for the 2012 Energy Invitational is underway. Please sign up at the website Energy Invitational to get more information.

]]> http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/10/04/2012-uci-energy-invitational/feed/ 0 First run of UCI’s 2011 FSAE Race Car http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/06/01/first-run-of-ucis-2011-fsae-race-car/ http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/06/01/first-run-of-ucis-2011-fsae-race-car/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:43:18 +0000 admin http://mechanicaldesign101.com/?p=955 This is a video from Monday, May 30 showing the first run of our FSAE race car. There is a lot of work left to do on this car, but this is great to see.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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UCI’s Center for Engineering Science in Design, Toyota, Millenworks, Kruse Technology Partnership, McCarthy Design Associates, Airflow Systems, and Southern California SAE worked together to make the 2011 Energy Invitational a success at Willow Springs Motorsports Park.

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Photo of competitors

Photo of competitors


This is a group photo of the competitors at our recent 2011 Energy Invitational at the Streets of Willow Springs prepared by Lee-Huang Chen. A higher resolution image can be downloaded at the link: Energy Invitational Photo

]]> http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/04/06/competitor-photo-2011-ei2/feed/ 0 Photos: 2011 UCI Energy Invitational http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/04/02/photos-2011-uci-energy-invitational/ http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/04/02/photos-2011-uci-energy-invitational/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:35:28 +0000 admin http://mechanicaldesign101.com/?p=928 Lee-Huang Chen and Corey Sandler have posted photos from our 2011 UCI Energy Invitational.

Select this link to Le-Huang Chen’s photo page.

Select this link to Corey Sandler’s Flickr account.

]]> http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/04/02/photos-2011-uci-energy-invitational/feed/ 0 UCI Seniors prepare Delta for the Energy Invitational http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/03/29/uci-seniors-prepare-delta-for-the-energy-invitational/ http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/03/29/uci-seniors-prepare-delta-for-the-energy-invitational/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:48:54 +0000 admin http://mechanicaldesign101.com/?p=921 UCI Delta CNG-Electric Racecar

UCI Delta CNG Racecar

The UCI Delta racecar has a CNG 450cc engine combined with a short-distance electric drive.

Another view of UCI's Delta CNG-Electric racecar

Another view of UCI's Delta CNG-Electric racecar

]]> http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/03/29/uci-seniors-prepare-delta-for-the-energy-invitational/feed/ 0 3rd Year MEs and 4th Year EEs team up to run at EI2 http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/03/29/3rd-year-and-ees-team-up-to-run-at-ei2/ http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/03/29/3rd-year-and-ees-team-up-to-run-at-ei2/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:33:37 +0000 admin http://mechanicaldesign101.com/?p=915 Third year Mechanical Engineering majors joined a team of Electrical Engineering majors from UCI to prepare an all electric vectored drive system for the UCI Energy Invitational. The drive systems for Gamma is shown here.
Vectored electric drive

Vectored electric drive


The vectored drive system consists of 15hp DC motors connected one to each of the rear drive wheels and controlled though a specially designed set of motor controllers.

]]> http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/03/29/3rd-year-and-ees-team-up-to-run-at-ei2/feed/ 0 1st and 2nd Year UCI Students to run in EI2 http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/03/29/1st-and-2nd-year-uci-students-to-run-in-ei2/ http://mechanicaldesign101.com/2011/03/29/1st-and-2nd-year-uci-students-to-run-in-ei2/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:25:27 +0000 admin http://mechanicaldesign101.com/?p=906 First and second year Engineering students at UCI have prepared a car for entry in the 2011 Energy Invitational. Here is a photo of their car.
UCIs Beta Car

UCIs Beta Car

It is powered by a 12hp Briggs and Stratton engine through a CVT and chain drive.

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