Design of Formula Student Multifunction Steering WheelKristýna Kutiová
Formula Student is an engineering design competition - the biggest in the world for students of engineering sciences, every year they compete with their knowledge, and experience and with the help of universities and their sponsors in the manufacture of racing cars and in racing different road stag...
Emil Tagessonhas been part of KTH Formula Student for five years, he studies his last year of the master program for Embedded Systems. He started out working on smaller projects on the car, such as the steering wheel PCB. Later, he was involved in more advanced projects that dealt with m...
“KTH Formula Student are going to compete in the 2021 Formula Student race. They have since the last competition come a long way in their product development process. The prototype phase is starting to reach its final stage and NCAB will contribute with sharp PCB’s, which mainly consist of...
The GPS antenna must be mounted on the vehicle's exterior to ensure unobstructed satellite access. We, therefore, installed it on the upper front section of the monocoque—above the steering wheel - see Figure 4. Figure 4. GPS antenna. ...
“We have a planetary gearbox and a wheel hub solution with a motor at each wheel, so it’s four-wheel drive. The blue and grey metal part you see is the gearbox, and the 140kW motor is directly inside it. It’s a very compact solution, and that means quick steering and better dy...
Formula Student chassis model To model the chassis, the 15 degree-of-freedom (15 DOF) chassis component from the Simcenter Amesim Vehicle Dynamics library is utilized. This is a multibody system consisting of the carbody, spindles, wheels, and steering rack. All vehicle subsystems are connected...
design the car such that maximum displacement of the wheel/tire stays within 0.1˚ toe and 0.15˚ camber deformation. Chassis requirements are aimed at weight savings as well, resulting in a short carbon fibre chassis. Suspension is optimized using half vehicle ADAMS/Car simulations. One of...
When it veers even slightly to the left or right, an immediate small touch on the steering wheel restores the proper direction. But when an employee is “launched” into a complex task or series of tasks, often feedback is either missing entirely, given too late, or offered in an ...
The ambition for the project is to have the car ready by February 2021. But the project has encountered difficulties along the way. Factors that prove successful in modulation may not work in reality. For example, how the wheel angle vs. the steering wheel stroke signals to the computer. ...