156B Week 6

Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.

• • Entering model building phase of our project

Accomplishments from Previous Week

• • Report rough draft completed

  • Creep and thermal expansion analysis completed

  • Worked on centenary code

  • Slip calculations competed

Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.

• • Start building scale model

  • Complete catanary and other small design analysis

Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • Scaling

  • Model design

    • Number of chains

    • Features to demonstrate

  • Availability in future

  • Analysis done

Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments  (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • There needs to be time in the creep equation

  • White background on print outs

  • metric units first then std units in parenthesis

  • Can't read all pictures

  • Don't use ^

  • Spell check

Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • N/A

Risks and Areas of Concerns

• • Tension System

  • Small Scale Component to Demonstrate

  • Other Possible Secondary Design Components 

  • (Pulley, Automation, In-Haul)

Resources or Information Required but not Available

• • N/A

Schedule

• • Finalize Large Scale Design (2/10)

  • Pick Out Parts for Large Scale Design (2/17)

  • Design Small Scale/Dimensional Scaling Analysis (2/17)

  • Purchase/Build Small Scale Model (3/3)

  • Cost Analysis/Failure Mode Analysis (FMECA) (3/10)

Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)

• • Amount spent: $0

  • Lab fee: $1,800

  • Amount Remaining : $8,200

Progress on Report and Webpage

• • We will continue to work on the report.

  • We have uploaded a lot of information to the internal side of the webpage.

  • The webpage still requires some work all around.