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Credits

Shoutout to Jasmine Thind for putting this design sprint together!

Sprint Goals:

• Get members familiar with the tools and skills used to design and optimize an aerobody (including constraints + criteria, surface modelling, and CFD simulationssurface modelling tools in SolidWorks, applying these tools to basic shapes (i.e. a canopy)

• Learning to make your own design decisions along with applying feedback from peers and leads

• Working within deadlines, having made progress with each review

• Documenting progress using a design log

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• Concept Sketches → Design → CFD Simulations

• Solidworks CAD Computer Aided Design (Surface Modelling)

• Researching Material and Composites Manufacturing Techniques (Thermoforming)

Sprint Introduction:

You For this design sprint, you are tasked with designing a computer mousesolar car canopy (the part of the car that surrounds the drivers head). Typically, this is a removable piece of the car that allows the driver easy access to the cockpit.

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The canopy you design can serve as inspiration for the canopy that you put on your aerobody for design sprint #3. It is up to you on how complex and/or unique you want to your canopy design this mouse to be! The skills you will gain from this sprint can easily be applied to designing an aerobody, following the similarities between the general shape of the two!

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There are no limitations or restrictions on your design but be sure to make it realistic and human friendly (i.e., it should fulfil its function and be usable)! For example, do not surface model a simple cube as that would probably not work as a mouse and nor will you learn much from it.

You may use the average dimensions of a mouse as a reference:

Some design considerations:

Aerodynamic performance: how aerodynamic is your canopy, and what shape is it taking? Ideally, it shouldn’t be as simple as a cube as that would be an oversimplification of the sprint and not teach you much about surface modelling.

Size: Will your canopy fit around the driver’s head and the car chassis?

Practicality: Does your design make sense? The canopy consists of both a solid composite portion, and a transparent windshield. What do you think is the best use of the canopy area?

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While these are suggestions, you are encouraged to take these factors into consideration when designing your canopy, as you will be asked to explain your decision making process during the design review.

DIMENSION TYPE	AVERAGE RANGE
Length	10cm - 14cm
Width	5cm - 7cm
Height	2.5cm - 5cm

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