ME641 - Engineering Analysis Project Ideas - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

I'm taking a grad class now that requires a project that a group of three of us are going to work on.

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The purpose of this project is to apply methods studied in this course to a selected Mechanical Engineering application.......

The project should be defined such that its analysis should involve methods related to a combination (as many as possible) of the main topics discussed in this course which include: Linear Algebra, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, and Optimization.

The project should include the following components:

1. Theoretical (analytical) study
2. Numerical simulation
3. Optimization
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My other group members mentioned they wouldn't mind doing something related to my car. It's not supposed to be too involved and when we are done we need a report and a short 10-15 minute presentation. Oh, the other catch is we need to use MATLAB as an intergral tool in our analysis.

I was thinking of optimization of something on the f-body. I was also thinking of something related to oil coolers (heat transfer), rear spoilers (aerodynamics), suspension (springs/shocks), etc.

You guys have any other ideas? Something not too basic, but not too complicated.

Oh, and we need to have our topic by tomorrow night (Tuesday, February 8th).

Thanks,
Dennis

Teutonic Speedra... Teutonic Speedracer View Member Profile	Feb 7 2005, 07:21 PM Post #1
LS1 Inside! / Toolbox / Mechanical Engineer Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,215 Joined: 5-February 04 From: NJ Member No.: 179	I'm taking a grad class now that requires a project that a group of three of us are going to work on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of this project is to apply methods studied in this course to a selected Mechanical Engineering application....... The project should be defined such that its analysis should involve methods related to a combination (as many as possible) of the main topics discussed in this course which include: Linear Algebra, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, and Optimization. The project should include the following components: 1. Theoretical (analytical) study 2. Numerical simulation 3. Optimization ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My other group members mentioned they wouldn't mind doing something related to my car. It's not supposed to be too involved and when we are done we need a report and a short 10-15 minute presentation. Oh, the other catch is we need to use MATLAB as an intergral tool in our analysis. I was thinking of optimization of something on the f-body. I was also thinking of something related to oil coolers (heat transfer), rear spoilers (aerodynamics), suspension (springs/shocks), etc. You guys have any other ideas? Something not too basic, but not too complicated. Oh, and we need to have our topic by tomorrow night (Tuesday, February 8th). Thanks, Dennis

Teutonic Speedra... Teutonic Speedracer View Member Profile	Feb 8 2005, 01:22 PM Post #2
LS1 Inside! / Toolbox / Mechanical Engineer Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,215 Joined: 5-February 04 From: NJ Member No.: 179	QUOTE (slowTA @ Feb 7 2005, 09:28 PM) Yep... I'm going to NJIT right now. Actually I just got back from doing a stupid Pro-Engineer assignment. The porblem is that the professor doesn't really understand the software himself so he doesn't tell us why we have to do each step... that means I have to do it 3 or 4 times to get it right. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif) You have to be better off at Steven's, NJIT has a great professor for Pro-E but they're making him teach something else... go figure. I think I've spied my professor being taught the program from the guy who knows what he's doing (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Good luck and let us know how it turns out. I wonder if I know of the professors you are talking about. I liked my ProE professor at NJIT. I'm taking classes through work/Stevens for free, so I didn't really pick Stevens! Just can't beat working til 4:00, going to class from 4:30 to 7:00 once a week, for free to get my masters!