ODU SAE FORMULAMAE 435

Team Members

•Advisors•Dr. Bawab•Prof. Luetke

•Team Leader•Ryan Atkinson

•Frame Analysis•Davis Moore•Punit Dave

•Attenuator•Shauna Richards

•Carbon Fiber A-arms•Dan Gregor•Aaron Vandegraff

Overview•Schedule•Frame Analysis•Attenuator•Carbon Fiber A-Arms

•Conclusion

Schedule

Frame•Computer Analysis Complete!

•Actual Testing of Main Hoop

•Hard Test starts Nov. 19th using strain gauges

• Horizontal bending• Longitudinal Torsion

Frame continued•Quality Assurance• 2 of 4 QA tests complete• Weld Quality, (in progress)

• 37 of 42 test sites completed• 8 unsat, (Being Fixed)• QA still in progress• Welding finished soon

• Wall Thickness (Pending)•Alternative Frame Rules, (50% done)• Proposed Method based on Hard

analysis results.

Attenuator •Materials Difficulty

•Estimated ship time 2 days•Changed to 2 weeks!

•New Material •Galvanized Steel •25 mm thickness, 1” cell size

•Current Status•Fabrication completed! •Soft Testing calculations altered•Hard Testing moved to next week

Carbon Fiber A-arms• Actual testing of assembly, Nov. 9th

• Verify will meet track conditions

• Destructive testing required for 1000 lbs

• Going to complete testing and fully analyze, SF=1.2

Conclusion

•Frame Weight test Nov 19th

•Attenuator Drop test next week

•A-Arms Pull tests Nov. 9th

•Complete the paper!

Questions?