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
