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  •  Review previous simulations
    •  Consider reviewing MS12 simulation files and documentation to learn more about what setups and assumptions that they used
  •  Reviewing simulation setup
    •  It is optimal to be completely certain that our simulations are producing accurate results. If simulations can produce safe results, then no additional weight or labour is added to the Chassis.
    •  Jason and Tommy are available to review FEA setups depending on their availability.
  •  Adding chassis tubes, e.g. more tubes, thicker walled tubes, larger cross section tubes
  •  Sheet metal across a plane of tubes
    •  Carbon fiber panel has better strength-to-weight ratio
    •  Sheet metal is easy to implement using welding or fasteners
    •  Sheet metal versus carbon fiber panels is balancing between
      •  weight + cost vs effort (have to make the carbon fiber panels) + reliability
  •  Carbon fiber panels across a plane of tubes
    •  Very good strength-to-weight ratio
    •  Involves more manufacturing and time. It also has to be manufactured properly to be effective.
      •  Do we make any CF panels accurately? Have we performed destructive testing on CF panels yet?
        •  Not yet. Would need to be completed within Material Testing Project which is led by Tommy Tran
    •  Would likely need to add some tubes to provide good adhering surfaces
    •  Try to use carbon fiber panels to replicate the benefits that the structural Bottom Panel was intended to provide (i.e. distribute load across all tubes to mitigate point leads; contributes to overall stiffness of the car)
  •  Reinforcing joints
    •  add gussets
    •  add tubes to triangulate the corner
  •  Reinforce tubes
    •  increase tube cross section
    •  increase tube wall thickness

Housekeeping Reminders

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Please document your work in a confluence page for any work completed for Midnight Sun.
For this specific project, it would be highly advised your documentation includes the following information:

  •  Directly Responsible Individual (DRI)
  •  Advisor or Reviewer
  •  Dependencies
  •  Location of work files, e.g. simulation files.
    Include file name and folder path.
  •  Date
  •  Child pages to separate and document sections of your work

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