CAD-design-challenge-2022

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This repo contains material for design of a vehicle engine competition for SES projects 2022. Our model is loosely based on the Engine specs of the 2021 MustangGT V8 engine.

Instructions

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Team Members

1. Allan Okeyo
2. Ogweno Emmanuel
3. Mandela

Goals

The teams have to design, draw CAD drawings, perform analysis(stress and vibrations), assemble and animate the engine. An engine has so many parts and it could be divided into the following 4 categories. Each member can handle one sub-system:
Cylinder Sub-System

1. Cylinder Block
2. Cylinder Head
3. Crank Case

Piston Sub-System

1. Piston
2. Piston Ring
3. Connecting Rod
4. Piston Pin

Crankshaft Sub-System

1. Crankshaft
2. Flywheels
3. Sprocket Gears
4. Chain Drive

Cam Shaft Sub-System

1. Camshaft
2. Engine Valves
3. Manifolds

For every sub-system, every part and other necessary parts not mentioned e.g bolts etc, should be modelled and analyzed. Also, the whole subsystem assembly should be animated.
Once each sub-system is complete, the whole engine, an assembly of assemblies, is assembled and if possible, animated as a whole. The teams will have to do research on the engine type they intend e.g boxer, V, VR, W, inline etc. to model and work together to come up with fitting dimension for each part.
A good constraint would be to limit the minimum number of cylinders in an engine to 4. The duration of the whole challenge will be 6 weeks, with the first week used for research.

Documentation and Collaboration

1. The teams should document their design choices and reasons for the same.
2. Each team will create a branch on this repo and use it to track their progress.
3. Finally, each team will share its design and assembly files on GrabCAD and any automation scripts on Github so that others can access them.