E Design 497B Team Delorean - Printed Rockets
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E DESIGN 497B TEAM DELOREAN EAN JULIUS BRIAN SUNDBERG
Transcript of E Design 497B Team Delorean - Printed Rockets
E Design 497B Team DeloreanE DESIGN 497B TEAM DELOREAN
E A N J U L I U S B R I A N S U N D B E R G
INTRODUCTION
• Brian and Ean are both Junior Biological Engineering students and are also both enrolled in Engineering Design 497B at The Pennsylvania State University
• We both have a lot of interest in Solid Works as well as creating and assembling model rockets as it has been something that we did from a very young age
• Our future careers will involve both of us working with Solid Works as well as doing analysis on parts that we have created, so this is a great introduction to what we will be doing post-graduation
DESIGN INTENT
• One of the most iconic and infamous cars of the 1980’s was the DeLorean DMC- 12
• A featured car in the “Back to the Future” franchise, this car was one of our favorites growing-up
• The car’s futuristic look and sleek design was the inspiration behind our rocket’s body shape and size
• The Delorean is known for straight symmetrical lines and an overall simple design
• The body of our rocket was a very basic shape much like the Delorean’s. We wanted our rocket to have as aerodynamic of design as possible so we wanted our rocket to have straight lines and a very simple shape.
• An iconic aspect of the Delorean is the “gull-wing doors” and we modeled our rockets wings after this design
Gull-Wing Doors & Our Wing Design
ANALYSIS RESULT: OPEN ROCKET
• Open Rocket was used to determine the Center of Pressure on our rocket
• The center of pressure was found to be below the calculated center of mass, therefore a steady flight was expected
• Autodesk Flow Design should have been used to determine the drag coefficient of this rocket, but due to technical difficulties, this aspect was discarded.
Center of Mass
Center of Pressure
ROCKET SHOP DRAWING
VIDEO OF OUR ROCKET AT LAUNCH
DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS • As seen in this video on the previous slide, our rocket launched with no problems • It also was able to deploy its parachute and return to the ground unharmed with
nothing damaged • The overall flight path of our rocket was very straight and did not go off course • We did however have a taper on our wings which should have allowed for our
rocket to spin during its flight, however our rocket did not spin. This proved to be not much of an issue however and has not effect as the rocket traveled through the air
• The design could have been improved with a lower weight fin section. That would have both made the overall weight lower and moved the center of gravity more towards the top for better stability
• Also, we did have tight tolerances, so initially trying to get the motor mount in was a problem and some sanding was involved to make it fit properly
E Design 497BTeam Delorean
introduction
Discussion and recommendations
E A N J U L I U S B R I A N S U N D B E R G
INTRODUCTION
• Brian and Ean are both Junior Biological Engineering students and are also both enrolled in Engineering Design 497B at The Pennsylvania State University
• We both have a lot of interest in Solid Works as well as creating and assembling model rockets as it has been something that we did from a very young age
• Our future careers will involve both of us working with Solid Works as well as doing analysis on parts that we have created, so this is a great introduction to what we will be doing post-graduation
DESIGN INTENT
• One of the most iconic and infamous cars of the 1980’s was the DeLorean DMC- 12
• A featured car in the “Back to the Future” franchise, this car was one of our favorites growing-up
• The car’s futuristic look and sleek design was the inspiration behind our rocket’s body shape and size
• The Delorean is known for straight symmetrical lines and an overall simple design
• The body of our rocket was a very basic shape much like the Delorean’s. We wanted our rocket to have as aerodynamic of design as possible so we wanted our rocket to have straight lines and a very simple shape.
• An iconic aspect of the Delorean is the “gull-wing doors” and we modeled our rockets wings after this design
Gull-Wing Doors & Our Wing Design
ANALYSIS RESULT: OPEN ROCKET
• Open Rocket was used to determine the Center of Pressure on our rocket
• The center of pressure was found to be below the calculated center of mass, therefore a steady flight was expected
• Autodesk Flow Design should have been used to determine the drag coefficient of this rocket, but due to technical difficulties, this aspect was discarded.
Center of Mass
Center of Pressure
ROCKET SHOP DRAWING
VIDEO OF OUR ROCKET AT LAUNCH
DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS • As seen in this video on the previous slide, our rocket launched with no problems • It also was able to deploy its parachute and return to the ground unharmed with
nothing damaged • The overall flight path of our rocket was very straight and did not go off course • We did however have a taper on our wings which should have allowed for our
rocket to spin during its flight, however our rocket did not spin. This proved to be not much of an issue however and has not effect as the rocket traveled through the air
• The design could have been improved with a lower weight fin section. That would have both made the overall weight lower and moved the center of gravity more towards the top for better stability
• Also, we did have tight tolerances, so initially trying to get the motor mount in was a problem and some sanding was involved to make it fit properly
E Design 497BTeam Delorean
introduction
Discussion and recommendations
