Final Project: Design of an Electric Vehicle

· Identify each of the major elements in the above automotive wiring diagram.    Major Elements in the Wiring Diagram: Battery Starter Generator Voltage Regulator Ignition Coil Distributor Breaker Junction Block Horn Headlamp (with High Beam and Low Beam) Parking Lamp Tail Lamp and Stop Light Switch (STP. LT.…

Project-2-Meshing of Door Inner Panel Challenge

Week 11-3D Tetra Meshing Challenge

Week 12-Creation of 1D Connectors Challenge

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Goal: The objective is to create a mesh for the given component by extracting a middle surface. Given task: Project 2 involves the challenge of meshing the rear wheel holder. The aim is to extract a mid-surface from the given component and create a mesh for it. Objectives: Ensure the model is free from any geometric errors.…

AIM: For the given component backdoor midsurface is extracted and meshing is to be doneas per the quality criteria.   PROCEDURE: The model is imported into HyperMesh using the "import geometry" option. After importing, all components are kept in a single component collector by using the "organize" option in the tool…

PREPROCESSING OF HOOD USING HYPERMESH Aim: To extract mid-surface and generate mesh on Hood using Hyper mesh. Introduction: The hood of a car is called a bonnet. It's the part that covers and opens up to give access to the engine compartment or the boot (trunk in North American English) on rear-engine and some mid-engine…

Introduction: Car back doors are an essential part of a vehicle's design, and they play a significant role in the safety and functionality of a car. A well-designed back door should provide easy access, be sturdy and durable, and have safety features such as locks and handles. This report will discuss the design methodologies…

Section Modulus: Section Modulus is a geometric property used in structural engineering to measure the ability of a cross-sectional shape to resist bending moments. It is a critical parameter that determines the strength and stiffness of a structural member. Mathematically, Section Modulus (denoted as S) is defined as…

Objective: The aim of this project is to create a car roof that has necessary flanges and reinforcements, such as the ditch area, front roof rail, bow roofs, central roof rail, and rear roof rail, to fit the given styling surface. We will conduct a curvature study on the roof and calculate the heat distortion and snow…

Fender Design - Wheel Arch Challenge   Calculate the Wheel Arch gap at required points and check whether the car passes the European standard. Wheel Arch Area: Wheel Arch area of the Fender is generally designed for the purpose of shielding the BIW from stones and other objects /obstacle on the road. Wheel Arch is…

Create 1D elements on the following component with given cross-section and DOF Rod element: - with only translational DOF and RBE2 link Cross-Section: BOX- Dimension a= 12 mm                               dimension b=10 mm      …

Assignment 6-Frontal Crash Simulation Challenge Question: Frontal crash-BIW Check unit system and either follow [Mg mm s] or [Kg mm ms]. Create appropriate interface, friction 0.2 and recommended parameters. Make sure of no penetrations and intersection. Correct rigid bodies if any issues. Create rigid wall with friction…

Assignment 5-RADIOSS Interfaces & Study of Effect of Notches Challenge Questions: Create the mesh for bumper assembly, mesh size should be 6mm. Run the crash tube model as it is. Change the Inacti=6 and run. Create the type 11 contact and run. Remove both notches and remove boundary condition on rigid body node then…

Compare 7 cases as discussed in last 3 slides, in a tabulated format on the basis of: Total number of cycles, Energy error, mass error and simulation time. Notice the animation of all 5 and describe the animations in brief on the basis of whether the elements are being deleted or cracked. Plot energies and notice any difference.…

Recommended properties: Parameters                       Comment Ishell =24                           …

Radar Mast & Final Assembly of Yacht 1. Radar Mast    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Report on Yacht Modelling Objective To model a Yacht by using solidwork and assemble all the components. Introduction…

Questions: 1. Check the material properties of the rail component and calculate the speed of sound in steel rail. 2. The length of the rail is about 1000 mm. calculate the time takes for a shock wave to travel from one end of the rail to the other. 3. Time for sound to travel length of rail. 4. Edit the engine file so…

Geometry Cleanup Exercise: Carry out the geometry cleanup operation on the given 3 files. Practice  Clip Repair Mounting Bracket There should not be any free edges, convert all of them into refine geometry. Clean the geometry. Extract midsurface. Clean midsurface geometry. Ignore holes less than dia 5mm. Create…

Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 7 Metal bracket-II Title of the Project: Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 7 Metal bracket-II Objective: To design a metal bracket II with the help of NX advance sheet metal. Introduction: Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin,…

Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 6 Bracket Title of the Project: Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 6 Bracket Objective: To design a bracket with the help of NX advance sheet metal. Introduction: Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin, flat pieces. Countless everyday…

Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 5 Odd Shaped Enclosure Title of the Project: Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 5 Odd Shaped Enclosure Objective: To design a Odd shaped Enclosure with the help of NX advance sheet metal. Introduction: Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process…

Assembly of Chopper Model OBJECTIVE: The objective of this project is to design An American chopper in SOLIDWORKSS and to understand the tool used during assembly and modelling of chopper. INTRODUCTION The Chopper is a type of custom motorcycle that appeared in California in the late 1950s. The Chopper is arguably the…

Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 2 Box Assembly Title of the Project: Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 2 Box Assembly Objective: To design a Box Assembly with the help of NX advance sheet metal. Introduction: Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin, flat pieces.…

Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 1 Casing Design Title of the Project: Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge 1 Casing Design Objective: To design a Casing with the help of NX advance sheet metal. Introduction: NX Sheet Metal provides a set of tools within the NX design environment that allows…

Underbody Coating Write one page about Underbody coating and its purposes. In road conditions in India, underbody of cars is more likely to rust. Underbody coating provides long-term protection from rust to the bottom of the car body. It also protects parts such as inner body panels, frame rails and other internal holes…

Benchmarking Benchmark with presently available cars in the market for the following case. Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii is a married man who lives in Bangalore which is a highly crowded city. His Family comprises five members including his wife, five-year-old boy, his father, and his mother. He visits his native place Madurai…

  Create a detailed MATLAB model of an electric rickshaw (three-wheel passenger vehicle) as per details below: Rear wheels driven by PM brushed type motor Assume efficiency points of motor controller and motor Make an excel sheet of all input and assumed data Results: For any three standard driving cycles show energy…

RANKINE CYCLE SIMULATOR Understand the concept of Rankine cycle by referring to the standard thermal engineering textbook. Create a Rankine Cycle Simulator using OCTAVE/MATLAB. Required Inputs: Turbine Inlet temperature = 400° C Turbine Inlet Pressure = 30 bars Turbine Outlet Pressure = 0.05 bars = Condenser Inlet…

Transfer Function How hybrid electric cars can be operated more efficiently by autonomous driving system? Derive transfer function of suspension system of a car and convert it state space format. Are the transfer functions of RC and CR (output across R) circuits same? Introduction Transfer Function Transfer function will…

Create an excel calculator to compute the overall efficiency of an electric vehicle and an IC engine vehicle. Losses in Electric Vehicle In an electric vehicle if we see without or with regenerative braking system then we will find three type of main losses and they are: Electric Drive Losses which is about 20 % and occurs…

Prepare a report summarizing thermal management techniques for the electric car battery pack. A lithium-ion battery consists of an anode, cathode and electrolyte as well as a separator, the anode, is the oxidised electrode which removes electrons to the external circuit during discharge. a Li-ion battery is a rechargeable…

Design of an Electric vehicle Create a MATLAB model of the electric car which uses lithium-ion battery and induction motor. Choose suitable blocks from Powertrain block set. Prepare a report about your model including the following: Objectives: System-level configurations Model parameters Results Conclusion Introduction…

How weakest cell limits the usable capacity of the battery pack? What is the solution? The battery configuration in series or parallel connection can have a different voltage on each cell. The weakest cell in the battery pack could have more stress than other cells so that it will become the fastest damage. The battery…

What is coulomb counting? Coulomb counting is a technique used to track the State of Charge of a battery pack. It works by integrating the active flowing current over time to derive the total sum of energy entering or leaving the battery pack. This produces a capacity that is typically measured in Amp-hours. The Coulomb…

Fuel cell-powered vehicle model Make a MATLAB model of fuel cell-powered electric vehicle and comment on results. Fuel cells are the greatest energy-efficient devices for removing power from fuels. Hydrogen is an adaptable energy carrier that can be used to power approximately every fuel cell vehicle. Fuel cell electric…

Battery characteristics using drive cycle AIM: To Simulate generic battery model charge-discharge using UDDS data. Here in this particular simulation first we have to configure a battery model “Lithium-ion cell” and second, we have to create a UDDS file to analyse the whole system. First, we have to create…

From datasheet of a lithium ion battery configure the generic battery model in MATLAB From the datasheet of a lithium-ion battery configure the generic battery model in MATLAB The Battery block implements a generic dynamic model that represents the most popular types of rechargeable batteries. This figure shows the equivalent…

Specifications of Lithium Ion Cell Lithium-Ion Cell:  Lithium-ion batteries power the lives of millions of people each day. From laptops and cell phones to hybrid and electric cars, this technology is gaining in popularity due to its lightweight. A battery is made up of anode, cathode, separator, electrolyte and two…

Lithium-Ion Battery and Its Type with Electrochemistry   Prepare a table which includes materials & chemical reactions occurring at the anode and cathode of LCO, LMO, NCA, NMC, LFP and LTO type of lithium-ion cells. Lithium-ion battery: A lithium-ion battery or Li-ion battery is a rechargeable battery. It is commonly…

Project-1: Powertrain for aircraft in runways  Under: Introduction to HEV using MATLAB & Simulink --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  1. Search and list out the total weight of various types of aircraft. …

1. How induction motor operation is similar to the clutch?  Basically, an Induction motor is constructed with the combination of eddy current clutch. Eddy current clutches are so named because they induce eddy currents into a metal cylinder. One part of the clutch contains slip rings and a winding. The armature or…

DC Motor Control for Electric Vehicle Speed Controller   Run MATLAB demo ‘Speed control of a DC motor using BJT H-bridge’. Modify the model such that armature current doesn’t shoot up when motor changes direction from forward to reverse. The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) when used for power switching…

EV Drivetrain 1. Which types of power converter circuits are employed in an electric and hybrid electric vehicle?   Ans: Basically, there are 4 types of power converter circuits are employed in electric and hybrid electric vehicle and brief details are as follow: AC-DC converter PHEVs and EVs are arranged…

A Challenge to perform DC machine characteristics   Objective of the project A MATLAB program to plot speed versus torque for DC machine. A distinguish between power cables and signal cables in the wiring of an electric vehicle. What voltage levels are considered as high & low for a battery pack of an electric…

Wide Open Throttle Condition for Hybrid Electric Vehicle and Pure Electric Vehicle.    What is the difference between mapped and dynamic model of engine, motor and generator? How can you change model type?  Mapped Engine Model Mapped engines signify macro engine behaviour to calculate the functions of commanded…

ADVISOR TOOL - ADVANCED VEHICLE SIMULATOR  Introduction ADVISOR tool, developed in November 1994 by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), allows users to simulate and analysis conventional, advanced, light, and heavy vehicles, including hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles. The tool allows users to assess…

Calculation of Aerodynamic Drag Force against Cyclist by Using MATLAB & Octave Objective: - The important factors which are involved during calculations based on Velocity, Drag coefficient, Frontal Area, Density of air are as given Velocity vs Drag force. Drag Co-efficient vs Drag force. Plotting the graph for both…

Wide Open Throttle Condition   The objective of project: To calculate the ratio of hill-climbing power required by fully loaded Tata Ultra-Truck to the half-loaded one. To calculate the maximum length of a flyover by using the Tata Ultra-Truck gradeability. To prepare a new drive cycle to excel file for the Driver…

Hybrid Electric Vehicle using MATLAB & Simulink To Calculate Forces Acting on a Vehicle Objective of Challenge To calculate the power of Motor in terms of angular velocity by using tyre data. To prepare excel calculator and calculation of power in Kw also limitations of this excel calculator. To calculate traction…

A MATLAB Program to Parsing NASA thermodynamic data Objective: - A MATLAB Code to parse the NASA thermodynamic data file and then calculate thermodynamic properties of various gas species. NASA came up with polynomials that can be used to evaluate thermodynamic properties such as Cp, H and S. They have also documented…

A MATLAB program to calculate the global maxima of a stalagmite function. AIM: To write code in MATLAB to optimise the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. Objective: Write code in MATLAB to optimise the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. Clearly explain the concept…

Code to perform curve fitting by using MATLAB  Objective: - The main objective of this programming is to create a code to fit a linear and cubic polynomial for the Cp data also to plot the curve. Introduction: - Curve fitting is the procedure of creating a curve, or mathematical function, that has the finest fit to…

A MATLAB program to solve second order ODEs for a simple pendulum.   Objective: - The main objective of this program is to simulate the transient behaviour of a simple pendulum and to create an animation of its motion by using MATLAB. Introduction: - The simple pendulum is made up of a point mass m hanging on a string…

A Program to Simulate Air Standard Cycle by using MATLAB or OCTAVE Objective: - The objective of this programming by using MATLAB or octave is to calculate the thermal efficiency of the gasoline engine and to plot the Otto cycle PV diagram. To plot the air standard cycle PV diagram. To calculate the thermal efficiency…

A MATLAB Program to simulate the forward kinematics of a “2R Robotic Arm” Objective: - The main objective of this program is to solve the forward kinematics of 2R Robotic Arm. Introduction So, 1st of all we should understand the kinematics of linkage. Basically, this type of kinematics is used in robotics that…