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FALL 2024 MEETINGS

September 14, 2024

Notes:

Talk to formula or baja

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  • Redo nodal with variables to define arm length, shock angle, etc.

  • Set up meeting with Jonathan for a more focused knowledge transfer

  • Create configurations to define stationary, max compression, etc.

WINTER 2025 MEETINGS

FSU

RSU

01/09/2025 MEETING DEBRIEF
Short meeting today, we synced some discussions between mech members regarding potential options for MS16 RSU improvements, highlights of the discussion are listed below:

  • Optimizing force paths to minimize reaction forces thereby reducing stress

  • Accounting for increased car mass for MS16 due to increased aerobody size and increased chassis size; this means there is a good chance we CANNOT reuse the same shocks

  • Our goal as discussed previously is to reuse as much infrastructure as possible from MS15 while still meeting MS16 requirements to minimize our workload

  • Long story short we gotta haul ass this term. we need the nodal and calculator done asap and it needs to be as parametric as possible to accommodate any changes from other systems. things that will affect us the most are the car's CoG, mass, and chassis design

  • We need to have some forces asap so we can start speccing out a shock to replace the current RSU shock. Best case, our numbers work out well and we can reuse the FSU shocks.

DELIVERABLES + TASKS
By January 25th, ideally sooner, we should aim to have the following items complete

  • Fully completed nodal, literally just copy the MS15 RSU nodal but make sure it's as parametric as possible. The main purpose of this is to get something set up that you guys are familiar with and comfortable tweaking before we dive into making changes

  • Fully functional MATLAB script, we can use Jonathan's spreadsheet to double-check results. MATLAB is much more readable and easier to understand/edit than an excel sheet (sorry Jonathan) so it’s a good idea to get this set up and completed

Next Thursday is W25 first general meeting so no dynamics meeting. I'll do a working session next Saturday (18th) where we can grind out some stuff. if you're down to come to the bay, awesome. if not, no worries.