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Aneesh Kalra left a comment for Lena Gerry
"I'm not  going to open  an engine up. Don't have a vehicle nowdays, so that pretty much rules that out. An old MGB GT would be nice though ! I was just talking about designing an engine on CAD, pretty safe ! This is what I am doing at my university…"
Nov 18, 2011
Aneesh Kalra left a comment for Lena Gerry
"Say if you were to start designing an engine, what would be the first thing you would design ? Valves, maybe ?"
Nov 14, 2011
Aneesh Kalra left a comment for Lena Gerry
"You don't need to be sorry,  I understand that keeping in touch on what can only be described as facebook for engineers is rather cumbersome, talking over a fancy VOIP  thing would be so much more easier.
 
I am  trying to convince  RM Auctions…"
Jul 19, 2011
Aneesh Kalra left a comment for Lena Gerry
"Long time no talk, madame ?"
Jul 17, 2011
Aneesh Kalra left a comment for Lena Gerry
"No, I'm not familiar with Optimum T, but now courtesy you I am :)
Allow me to tell you more about your current predicament -  I#m currently on my placement year ( co -op year to you ) as a part of my penultimate year of  automnobile Engineering…"
Jul 15, 2011
Aneesh Kalra left a comment for Lena Gerry
"My bad, I missed out the MATLAB model !"
Jul 12, 2011
Aneesh Kalra left a comment for Lena Gerry
"Hey, great to hear that ! I am currently trying to get my head around how Optimum K works. But at the same time, I started reading up papers on the mathematical modelling of suspensions.


Say, if I have three models - one made on Adams and another…"
Jul 12, 2011
Aneesh Kalra left a comment for Lena Gerry
"Hi thanks for your feedback, I undestand what Formula SAE, but do you have somebody doing computer modelling of suspensions for your car ? How restrictive are the rules across the Atlantic?"
Jul 10, 2011
Aneesh Kalra left a comment for Lena Gerry
" What kind of composites are you into. and which part of SAE are you involved with ?  Random add, but your profile flashes up on  the Engineering Exchange homepage, so curiosity dicated that I check it out !"
Jun 24, 2011

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  • Lena Gerry November 15, 2011 at 8:23am

    First off, I do not know the first thing about designing engines. Second, if I had an engine, the last thing I'd do is open it up just to gain an extra 5 Hp. It's not worth it and it kills you on reliability.

  • Lena Gerry July 18, 2011 at 5:56am
    Sorry, I've been out of town. The sources you mentioned are the very same books our team reads for suspension and tuning. I rather like Tune to Win by Caroll Smith. Caroll Smith was actually a very close personal friend of my team's faculty adviser, Dr. Woods. His books are an excellent teaching source. Anyways, if you are able to contact the distributor of the ADAMS software, they are usually willing to lend a license to students, provided you give them a report stating how the team used and benefited from the program. It sounds as if you are on the right track so far in reaching those intended goals. Good Luck!
  • Lena Gerry July 13, 2011 at 8:23pm

    Let's see.... To my knowledge, OptimumK is not force based, like the ADAM's setup and (i'm assuming) your MATLAB model. OptimumK is more motion- and kinematic- based, which is probably the reason you are obtaining those varying results. You also have to make sure that your settings in OptimumK and ADAM's are the same. There are TONS more parameters that ADAM's asks for in comparison to OptimumK.

    Say, are you familiar with OptimumT, the tire analysis software?

  • Lena Gerry July 11, 2011 at 10:16am
    Of course! We use OptimumK for suspension analysis. We also model the entire car in SolidWorks. One student even got Adams Simulation to work for our car, so we can virtually test the car before we put it on the track!
  • Lena Gerry June 27, 2011 at 5:20am
    I participate in in Formula SAE, a collegiate design competition where students design, build, test, and race with open-wheeled formula-style race cars every year. Because of this program, I have become very involved with carbon fiber composites. A lot of our body work on the the car is hand-laid up at our shop by myself or others who are involved with the carbon fiber systems of the car.
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