Date

28 May 2017

Attendees

Item	Who	Notes
Chassis	Matt Suski, Adam Marchand	Meeting with Prof. Kahn revealed that dynamic simulations is probably the way to go - too difficult to constrain the FEM model of the car accurately using static structural Beam elements not supported with implicit dynamics, therefore we need to mesh the solid model Meshing is in progress and has been successful thus far Auto mesh refinement should be used to ensure mesh independence Both sketch geometry and tube thickness will be varied/optimized using dynamic simulation results Soft deadline for chassis freeze is May 31, hard deadline is June 2 Rigid bodies representing significant masses will be connected to the chassis using bonded contacts. This will better simulated loading during a collision
Aerobody	Former user (Deleted)	Andy Phillips, a composites specialist will be coming to the bay on Wednesday to share his advice Latest revision of the aerobody was made shorter. Array will still fit Sharp angle at the top of the windshield will be rounded over
Vehicle dynamics	Adam Marchand	Highest priority for mech is the chassis. After the chassis freeze, the focus will be shifted to adding mounting points for the various subassemblies.

Devon Copeland to make mech PVDR based on FEA results from chassis optimization
Former user (Deleted) to continue thinking about rear panel detachment for battery access
Matt Suski to revisit doors after chassis freeze