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The project aim is to design and manufacture a vehicle to successfully perform in the 2014 Formula SAE Australasia competition. The Adelaide University Motorsport Team works to- gether to design and engineer a solution that complies with the competition rules and regulations. For the students involved, the skills and knowledge gained are retained and passed on for the continued success of the team in future years.

The project gives students real world experience in business, project and team management, and develop their ability to work as a team. They develop research, analytical and problem solving skills as well as gaining detailed knowledge of product engineering and manufacture. Students are also exposed to and are able to make contacts within engineering industries and are part of a world-wide and highly respected organisation, the International Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

Further to this electrically controlled gear selection and clutch actuation has been incorporated into ADL-14. The engine will operate at up to 14,000RPM and through design of the intake and exhaust coupled with dyno testing an increase in peak power from 76hp is expected.

Computer Aided Design (CAD), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), as well as other established computer engineering methods will be used in the design. The coupling of the computational methods with vast amounts of real world testing will ensure that the design goals will be met, and ADL-14 is presented as The University of Adelaide’s most competitive vehicle to date.

 

 

 

 

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