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Formula SAE cooling system design and optimization
Drexel University. College of Engineering. Senior Design Projects
26 Mar 2007
Abstract
Using a systems engineering approach to engine cooling design we will develop a cooling system that will provide reliable powertrain operation under all vehicle operating conditions. This will include vehicle operation from a cold start to full throttle. Our vehicle will be capable of completing a 16 mile race without overheating. Customer requirements and expectations, business and project requirements, and external requirements will all be identified in the systems partitioning phase of our project. This will allow our team to properly identify all external factors that need to be taken into consideration for our design. Ideal function, control factors, noise factors, side effects, and potential failure modes coupled with external requirements will allow for most optimal design to be attained. During our testing procedure (see Appendix N) we will utilize a Land and Sea Dynamometer to simulate an appropriate vehicle load. A system of fans, and heaters will also be used to simulate various driving and ambient conditions. A grid of sensors will be placed at various locations on the engine (see Figures 1-3) to acquire all data needed for design. After all relevant information is obtained we will make the proper correlations between any relevant fields of data. This analysis will allow our team to properly size the radiator / fan unit, water pump, header tank, swirl pot, hose diameters, clamps, and overflow. The principles of heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics will be applied.
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- Title
- Formula SAE cooling system design and optimization
- Creators
- Christopher M. Downs (Author) - Drexel UniversityGary Auer (Author) - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Drexel University. College of Engineering. Senior Design Projects
- Number of pages
- 29
- Resource Type
- Report
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Engineering
- Identifiers
- 991014632334404721