Seats Testing/Validation Concepting

Ownership

Research

Car Requirements

Safety Criteria:

• Adhere to all the safety specifications as listed by ASC

• Accommodate a five point safety harness

• integration of head, shoulder and side containment features into the seat

  • prevent lateral movement of the body

  • must ensure this does not interfere with egress and peripheral vision of the driver

    • not obstructing as much peripheral vision

• seat belt pass through should be right at the shoulder height of the driver

Line of Sight

• height adjust seems it will be risky

• Sliding seat (lateral movement)

• Tilting seat

  • might be risky like height adjustable one

  • seems more viable

Comfort

• support the human body and spine

• also conduct preliminary research into padding

  • Sheila will look into more of this

  • though you should still research to understand which materials will fit into the final design

• research into how seats are kept ventilated

Ideas i had/ things i thought about

• Depending on how we decide to hold things in place (ex glue) will have to test out if it is strong enough

• Testing the seatbelts to make sure they are functional

• Testing the materials chosen for the seat if it is comfortable, breathable etc

• Testing the vision requirements, must be able to see 700m from the ground when the chair is in standard position, certain angles etc

• Test and validate for ballast bag to make sure it doesn’t go flying (make sure it’s properly secured)

• Broken down into 2 Analysis - crash and safety and durability (what car companies use)

• Sled test is performed to test the the sled test performance include: strength of the seat anchorage and the adjustment, as well as the locking and displacement systems

• Height and weight for different ages https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/body-weight-versus-height-d_1551.html

How other cars are tested

Crash and Safety :

• Seat Back Strength

• Seat Anchorage Dynamic Strength test

• Seat Structural Dynamic Test forward

• Strength of Seat Back Anchorage

• Luggage Retention / Partitioning Test 

• Head Restraint Energy Dissipation Test 

• Head Restraint Performance & Strength Test

• Seat-back Load Floor Test for Retention

Durability

• Head Restraint Lateral & Longitudinal Stability

• Vertical Load Strength of Cushion Frame 

• Seat Ornamentation & Knob Pull-off Strength 

• Actuator Strength in the Direction of Operation

• Seat-back Map Pocket Static Strength Requirements

• Seat-back Torsion Strength

• Jounce Test (Cushion & Back)

• Armrest Strength & Operating Effort

• Latch Catch Spring Test

• Jump Seat Strength

• Fatigue Resistance (seat structural fatigue durability test)

• Vibration Test for Resonance Point Detection

• Thermal Cycle Ageing Test or Creep Test 

Risk/Unknowns Identification

What are the major technical risks or unknowns associated with this project?

Prompts for areas of investigation include regulation risks (i.e. headlight brightness doesn’t meet regs), mechanical risks (i.e headlight melting from high temperature), manufacturing/assembly risks (i.e how does headlight mount to aero body?)

Risk/Unknown Mitigation Concepting

What can we do to mitigate these aforementioned risks/unknowns?