Meeting Agenda/Goals:

• Have a context debrief and history debrief of Structural FEA project

• Describing and detailing out (documenting) each project stage.

  • Note: Work together to document details; make members the DRI for documentation for their respective project stage

• Understanding dependencies/blockers and setting short term timelines/goals

  • Note: we primarily need to prioritize reviewing past work (e.g. MS12) and re-evaluating our current assumptions/FEA setup to see if it is the most appropriate approach.
    Note: ASC Regs are our rules and constraints to design by.

• Train members on existing Ansys Structural FEA procedures

  • Note: try to highlight areas of uncertainty and improvements
    Note to Self: Mechanical Bay Computers Remote Desktop and Signup Procedures

Meeting Notes:

Context Debrief

• When and how Structural FEA was done in the past (by Jason and mentored by Matt)

  • assumptions that had to be made, e.g. dynamics weight and mounting - 100 kg on A plane and 100 kg on C plane

  • force model setup/assumptions, i.e. weight relevance when car is off the ground, how we are assuming/representing the vehicle collision scenario in simulation

Describing and detailing each project stage:

• Notes were made in each project stage’s confluence page

• Recommendation to create meeting notes/documentation for each project stage to record advice/directions/suggestions given. Also to document any decision-making.

  • create child pages as deemed appropriate

Understanding dependencies/blockers and setting short term timelines/goals

• Notes were made under Timeline section of Structural FEA Project home page:
  MS14 Chassis Structural FEA Project - Mechanical - Confluence (atlassian.net)

• Notes were made for priorities, due dates, and blockers

Member Training

• Notes were made under Project Training page.
  Structural FEA Project Training - Mechanical - Confluence (atlassian.net)

Meeting Agenda:

• Sync Up on each person’s progress and availability for the next week

• Mentioning about additional 1 or 2 weeks of timeline because of component design aspects and review

• Bring in more people to this project

  • get to help out with minor stuff, etc.

  • delegate mesh convergence - Ansys has mesh convergence tool - Ask Matt / Adam