Evidence of Work:
In Design step 4, we had to design experiments, make models for the prats in the experiments, run the simulations and create a lab report for the experiments. The experiments were supposed to be designed to test parts of the final product. We chose to test the brakes and the tires because there are a ton of different ways of going about each of those parts.
Content:
For the experiment set up, we created 4 different 3D models of brake rotors and 6 different tire 3D models. For the brakes, there are 2 different shapes and each shape has one with holes and one without on the disc. The idea of the holes is to reduce heat on the disc, but it is also possible that the holes make the design less sturdy. Also due to less surface area that the pad comes in contact with, the holes could lead to less braking power. Because of this, strength and heat transfer were the 2 factors that we tested in the simulations.
For the tires, we could either have a lot of tread or little tread, and there are a bunch of different widths that we could use. The 3 widths that we tested were 23mm, 28mm and 32mm. |
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Reflection:
This step definitely had more downs than ups, and a lot more downs than the previous steps. One if these pits was that our group for some reason just stopped cooperating and the zoom calls are all just dead silence. This has lead to not much work being done and the work that is getting done not being of the best quality. Another pit was that the parts of a bike are pretty difficult to do simulations on, especially when I am the only one in the group doing it, so it has been hard to get those done.
However like usual, even with all of the downs, there still were a few peaks. One being that I ha e gotten a lot better with 3D modeling from this step, which is going to be useful for the future. Another peak was that using the information from the simulations, we are able to get a better understanding of how our design is going to look.
However like usual, even with all of the downs, there still were a few peaks. One being that I ha e gotten a lot better with 3D modeling from this step, which is going to be useful for the future. Another peak was that using the information from the simulations, we are able to get a better understanding of how our design is going to look.