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Preliminary Chassis Design

8/18/2017

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Our preliminary chassis design is a combination of steel and aluminum honeycomb elements, with some reinforced polymer carbon fiber as the seat and nose cone(not shown). This chassis is still being optimized and tested using finite element analysis software to prove structural stiffness and torsional rigidity. 

Currently designed for extremely easy manufacturing, complexity will undoubtedly increase as the design progresses. As it stands this chassis is looking extremely lightweight, under 50 pounds total, although that will increase with higher complexity designs.

Design and CAD credits to Arthur Vitkovskis and Brian Abedon.
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Aluminum Honeycomb Samples Are In!

8/9/2017

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Our Aluminum Honeycomb samples have arrived! This new material is extremely lightweight and will make an incredibly stiff chassis. UCEM is excited to become the first American electric formula team in to make an aluminum monocoque chassis!

This new material allows us to make a chassis that although weak under point loads is extremely strong and rigid under spread area loads. Just about 1 pound per square foot, this material is very lightweight, and will allow the designers of both the suspension and controls systems to have much more flexibility, as the chassis can be designed relatively independently of the suspension setup. Challenges introduced by this material include the need to design around the steel roll hoops mandated by rules as well as testing to prove structural equivalency to the standard steel spaceframe.

We are currently in the process of testing and stay tuned for updates on testing and the chassis design we have coming soon! A thanks to Plascore Inc.​ and Hexcel Corporation​ for supplying us with these samples to test with!

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Welcome!

8/9/2017

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Hello UCEM Followers!
UConn Electric Motorsports excited for this upcoming year and have tons to share with you! Here you’ll find weekly updates on the progress of our car design and build process. Stay updated with all your UCEM news on this blog and on our Facebook Page! We also have Twitter and Instagram pages coming soon!
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