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Objectives -
Describe three factors important to the performance of a CO2-powered rocket car
Calculate the area of a solid’s planar face
Calculate the volume of a solid, and, when given the density, calculate the mass
Create a new assembly
Insert components
Add mating relationships between components.
Use Additive Manufacturing to build it and make it ready for racing.
Construction
Rear Wheel Construction
Front Wheel Construction
Car Construction
Final Car and Drawing
Arrow Projectiles
Animation
Drag Graph
Lift Graph
Double Skinny Tire Simulation
Drag Graph
Lift graph
Skinny Tire Animation
Thumbnail Sketches
The Design & Construction
Creating the shape
Extruding the body
Cutting the propulsion chamber
Cutting the axel holes
Assembly & Drawing
Finished Design
Drawing
Flow Simulation Data
Lift Graph
Drag Graph
Flow Simulation
Re-Design
Surface Plots before redesign
Surface Plots after redesign
Improved on the top part of the car. Decreased drag by a good amount
Flow Simulation
Graphs and Table
Lift Graph
Drag Graph
Final Car and Drawing
Final Car
Drawing
Race Day
1st Race
Slow motion start of beginning race.
Starting View of beginning race
Overall the first race went smooth, no errors during the race. The final time of the first race was 1.875 seconds.
End view of beginning race
2nd Race
Start of second race
Slow motion
The second race was also good with no errors. The finishing time with a slight improvement was 1.824 seconds.
3rd Race
Start of third race
End of third race
Third race went good as well. Once again with a slight time improvement of 1.811 seconds.
Standings and Maximum Velocity
Maximum Velocity Calculations
Race #1
Race #1 finished with a maximum velocity of 44.87 MPH
Race #2
Race #2 finished with a maximum velocity of 51.63 MPH
Race #2
Race #3 finished with a maximum velocity of 51.94 MPH
Over the course of the 3 races, each race followed with a slight but positive improvement. Race #3 finished with the highest velocity of 51.94 MPH
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