WSEAS Transactions on Systems
Print ISSN: 1109-2777, E-ISSN: 2224-2678
Volume 21, 2022
Dynamic Tests of Formula SAE Car Bodies
Authors: , , ,
Abstract: Palermo University (Italy) does not participate directly in the FSAE competition, but lets its students compete "virtually" by organizing laboratories and working groups in order to design and simulate a car chassis that meets the regulations, of Formula Student in particular. These works, which flow into the students' graduate theses, are often placed together with a view to continuity and constant optimization and improvement. The purpose of this paper is to pick up the work done in the design of an automotive chassis, and to carry it out by shifting the focus no longer on the static resistance of the structure, but on the influence it has on the dynamic behavior of the vehicle. To do this, a long work of reconstruction of past models was carried out, adding to them what was necessary to complete the definition of an equivalent vehicle, and using materials and technologies used in the automotive industry. The subsequent series of simulations on three vehicles with different chassis and the comparison of the results have shown how at present the aluminum alloy frame is the preferable one over the steel and carbon alloy one.
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Pages: 104-114
DOI: 10.37394/23202.2022.21.12