CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION The Cockpit is the most important place in a race car. In the cockpit, there are located steering wheel, driver seat, throttle and brake pedal and gauges. It is the control room to the car. The driver can know the car’s condition when driving through the gauges that are installed on the dash board. It is important to design a cockpit that can give comfort to the driver. Improper design of the cockpit can make the driver uneasy, feel uncomfortable and can affect the driver’s driving performance. Comfort in the human-machine interface and the mental aspects of the product or service is a primary ergonomic design concern. Comfort is one of the greatest aspects of a design’s effectiveness and is a primary …show more content…
To develop an ergonomics seat for the FSAE race car. 1.3 PROBLEM STATEMENT Because of the racing condition, it is important for a driver to feel comfort during the race. An improper design of the seat can affect the driving condition like back pain, muscle stress and strain and bad psychology. As a result, it also will contribute to the reduction in the performance of the driver during the race. The most important factors that should be considered are the seat design and angle of the driver seat, the position of the steering wheel and the driver bottom part position and leg. Therefore, the performance of the driver will be improved while racing. Comfortability and strength of the seat are the main characteristics that affect the driver’s performance. So, the aim of this project is to design and develop a seat that can support the back of the driver and the tight to make the driver feel comfort during a race. The fully support seat will hold the driver, especially when taking a corner. This project carried out all of the necessary background research to sustain in the accurate database of design criteria. Design criteria then allowed the design process and methodology to be derived and to allow for the smooth construction of an efficient …show more content…
The most important are the frame because it defines the cockpit space and it was designed first. Consequently, the design needs to be made according to the frame shape in order to fit the seat and firewall into it. A part of the frame, it is also needed to coordinate the designing process with the different stages of the steering wheel and the fuel delivery system. 2. Manufacturing restrictions: It is also necessary to take into account the consequent restrictions of the manufacturing process. This means that the firewall and seat geometry needs to be designed considering the characteristics and limitations of the 5D CNC milling machine (used to obtain the milling models) and the Mould. The most important of these restrictions is the necessity of achieving and adequate geometry to be able to take out the final pieces from the Mould. That is why is desired to get smooth surfaces without sudden changes of direction and complicated shapes in order to avoid problems during the different manufacturing stages. 3. Rules
People who have participated in racing for the past century, have never been universally accepted as athletes. The drivers, especially those in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) prove this misconception as incorrect with their intense training and stellar performances. Drivers on social media, assert that they are athletes, contradicting other sports stars who insist that they are not. The drivers in NASCAR and all forms of racing deserve to be given the respect of their fellow athletes in other sports. NASCAR drivers are seasoned athletes because of their training and tough race conditions that they encounter every week on the track.
Some say that automotive racing began when the second car was built. For over a hundred years, competition has driven innovation in the car industry, thus the industry maxim “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” NASCAR and drag racing contributed greatly to muscle cars’ success. Muscle cars were born from these competitions as factory made race cars. Because of this, the muscle car quickly moved from a low quantity specialty item to the image of the American automotive scene. Each brand had to have one and each one needed better performance and personality than the next. The Golden Age began in the 1960s with the introduction of more performance models such as the Chevy SS Impala and the Ford Galaxy Starliner (Auto Editors).
Prior to his death, Earnhardt refused to wear it because he said it was restrictive and uncomfortable. The HANS device was U shaped and was designed to strap on your helmet and sits on your shoulders that way your neck is protected from snapping forward on an impact. When the green flag dropped to start the race in Daytona in 2001, only seven of the 43 drivers were wearing HANS restraints (Hill). Also in addition to Earnhardt not liking the HANS Device he wouldn’t wear a full face helmet. After his death NASCAR made it mandatory for them to wear a full face helmet. NASCAR has also added a safer barrier to the walls of the track. It is made of steel and foam energy reduction. It is sometimes referred to as a safe wall. These walls are found on automobile race tracks intended to absorb and reduce kinetic energy during the impact of the accident, and also help reduce the injuries sustained to drivers. It was developed from 1998-2002, and first installed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2002. The final major safety improvement was to the NASCAR vehicle itself. Introduced for 16 races in 2007, the NASCAR “Car of Tomorrow” was implemented for the entire 2008 schedule for the Sprint Cup Series. The Car of Tomorrow is wider and taller than the previous race car (formerly NEXTEL Cup). The driver’s roll cage has been moved back and the driver’s seat has moved in toward the
For decades, the Bavarian Motor Works automotive company, more commonly known as BMW, has been an icon in European luxury automobiles. It has done an extraordinary job in setting the standard for other manufacturers from Europe, Japan, and the United States auto markets. But what keeps the customer pleased with the BMW brand is not only its vehicles superb handling and performance, but its ability to inject a certain character into the automobiles themselves. This is achieved by the use of certain design elements that can be traced through history to the earliest of the BMW models. These elements include: the aerodynamic body style of the cars and sport utility vehicles, the Hofmeister Kink which is a characteristic that involves design of rear seat windows, the quadruple headlight configuration, and the famous kidney grille that is tucked into the front bumper giving the car an all-around exclusive exterior style.
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In relation to drag racing on the highway, many factors need to be considered. The drag racers themselves, the other drivers on the highway and anyone else on or along that road must be taken into account when calculating what action creates the greatest pleasure or happiness. The drag r...
This paper is a look at the physics behind car racing. We look look at how we can use physics to select tires, how physics can help predict how much traction we will have, how physics helps modern cars get there extreme speed, how physics lets us predict the power of an engine, and how physics can even help the driver find the quickest way around the track.
The best model of motor vehicle is the Cadillac because it is characterized by advanced technological model enhancing the motor vehicle’s efficiency. This advanced technology makes the Cadillac a classic model of motor vehicle. The anti-locking brakes of this vehicle enable the wheels to co-ordinate well in order to give the vehicle stability. There is also a sensor that is installed at each wheel of the Cadillac. The work of this sensor is to gauge the pressure exerted by the brakes. This vehicle’s pressure is subject to the capability of the system to produce heat. The sensor and the anti-locking system serve to maintain wheel balancing.
1. What are some of the advantages in using CAD/CAM technology? Some of the advantages of using CAD/CAM technology include producing higher and more uniform quality material, reduce production cost, and standardize restoration as well as shaping
These requirements might seem obvious at first, yet it is exactly the demand and supply on each one of them that causes the limitations and control of this technology. The 3D printer is no longer an equipment that can only be found in a scientific lab, but people can buy it on Amazon with the price from 600 to 2000 dollars. Moreover, there are numerous companies which are starting to invest new functions upon the 3D printer such as the three types of 3D printers that have been advertised in the “Top 3 Best 3D Printers You Must Have” video: “the Tiko, the Palette, and the Moonray”. For instance, the Tiko printer is a new type of “uni-body” 3D printer which prevents the unstable printing problem caused by the traditional “separate three-piece rail frame”. Also, its 1 kg rolls, large “internal filler” and the “close-build chamber” also promises the project to be more “reliable and accurate”.
“The lesson of the airplane is in the logic that governed the statement of the problem and its realization.” Liners are a feat of engineering that show the possibilities for architecture. “The first stage in the realization of a world organized in accordance with the new spirit.” The airplane, which is a product of highest selection, shows us best how form is completely derived from function. Auto manufacturers strove for perfection through standardization and architecture works on standards. “Standards are things of logic, of analysis, of scrupulous
There are three reasons why we should use seat belt when driving which are preventing death when an accident occurs, cultivate themselves too not violate the law and protecting our passengers.
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Even when cars capable of these speeds are put into the hands of world-class drivers such as Ferrari’s Michael Shumacher and McLaren’s Mika Hakkinen, mishaps are bound to occur. This is what makes this sport so exciting to watch. Crashes however, are not the only exciting events of the race. It is thrilling to watch a car out brake another in order to squeeze its way ahead, or to watch the cars bump tires in an effort to occupy the same piece of race track to be set up correctly for the turn ahead. Other points of interest are the pit stops and the strategies that the various teams use in order to make a fast pit stop.
Road safety is one of the most important aspects of daily living. Our vehicle is our main transportation from one place to another. The number of car and motorcycle accidents seem to be increasing because of the many distractions, the lack of safety measures and judgment to road conditions and weather. Not being cautious increases the chances of not only injuring ourselves but hurting others as well. On the road, you see people talking on their cell phones or texting, eating, putting makeup on, changing the radio station, reading or using your GPS while driving. These are all distractions that endanger drivers, passengers and bystanders safety. Safe driving involves off-road precautionary measures such as making sure tires are properly inflated, testing windshield wipers, getting regular oil changes and tune-ups and adjusting the mirrors. All of these actions can help prevent an accident. Unfortunately, not all of us decide to wear our seat belts when driving or turn signal ligh...