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Other teams and contacting them: https://scientificgems.wordpress.com/2019/09/18/2019-world-solar-challenge-revised-teams-list/

Vehicle Parameters

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Camber

Caster

Toe

Kingpin

Scrub Radius

Slip Angles

Track (TRK)

Wheelbase (WB)

CG Placement

Neutral Steer Point (NSP)

  • Function of WB and cornering stiffnesses

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Static Margin (SM)

  • Function of WB, CG, tire cornering stiffnesses, and NSP.

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Understeer Gradient (K)

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  • Function of fore-aft CG placement and cornering stiffness

Performance Parameters

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Turn Radius

“Tilt table” stability

  • Fc measured in g’s

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Max lateral load

Optimal operational speed

Braking distance

Top speed

Slalom test time?

Other Teams

  • Parameters to ask about:

    • Track (TRK), Wheelbase (WB), Optimal Operational speed, Camber, Caster, Toe, Kingpin (KP), Scrub Radius (SR)

  • Teams from IEF Solar Conference: Durham, MIT, Michigan State, NC State, Polytechnique Montreal, Principia College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers, Calgary, UC Berkley, U of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Kansas, Minnesota, Puerto Rico - Mayageuz, UT Dallas, UVirginia, Western, UBC, Iowa State, Western Carolina, Kentucky, Appalachian State

  • Outside of IEF discord: UofT, Alberta, UMichigan

Team

Contact

TRK

WB

Camber

Caster

Toe

KP

SR

Comments

Rutgets

~5m vehicle

1m wide vehicle

0

5-6deg

0

0

0 (as close to)

Designed steering to pass regs and self-aligning steering, not much else. Wanted to simplify while maintaining efficiency so everything else was close to 0

Double A front, trailing rear

MIT

IT'S

Principia

Durham

UC Berkley

slight negative

2deg

slight negative

11deg

6mm

Wanted to reduce scrub to increase efficiency while ensuring stability. ideally would be 0.

Doubel A front, trailing rear

Illinois

Kansas

UT Dallas

Western

UBC

Kentucky

UofT

Michigan

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