Jordan Owen
Currently Studying Design Engineering At College, Want to pursue a Career in Product Design.
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Link reblogged from Tim de Jardine
As software creators we are stuck in our ivory towers. Being stuck up so high with little air to breathe creates distance from your customers, your product and potential users. You end up not understand needs.
Engage your customers during every software release (even minor releases). Sit down…
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Photo reblogged from Kyle Thacker
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Link reblogged from Knowledge is power
A CEO or manager is rarely interested in the small details. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked to write a comprehensive report, only to have it folded up in front of my eyes and not even read. If you’re in a top job, the demands placed on you from all quarters of the…
This is so true.
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In our group, we all decided to individual research, and then at the end collaborate it all together at the end to get an initial Idea of what to make. Another idea, which we thought would work well, would be splitting up the research a bit more. By doing this, we wouldn’t all be researching the same things, so the research would be done quickly and effectively.
I first thought of making the vehicle out of aluminium, as it’s lightweight and durable. Also I thought about the power/weight ratio and came up with this for my research:
Specifically, what are the differences between horsepower and torque? If you flip through the pages of any automotive publication, you’ll notice that these two measurements are commonly listed under vehicle specifications. And while the average car enthusiast knows that both horsepower and torque play a role in performance, most of them don’t understand exactly how or why.
I thought this would be a good thing to think about when researching as; we needed to know what materials we would be using for the chassis. If we did this it would be easier to work out the power/weight ratio.
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“As an engineer you may often be confronted with the development of a design concept in which you are given a specific set of unalterable specifications (or constraints) that must be met. These constraints may take on the form of:
1. A limited budget.
2. Having to use special materials because of a hostile environment.
3. Geometry/shape and weight requirements and the like
In order to investigate your ability to cope with a situation such as this, you are asked to design a vehicle with a footprint not larger than an A4 sheet of paper. Your vehicle should be constructed for optimal performance in the following areas: speed; distance; and power.
To test the effectiveness of your final design, in the aforementioned categories, your vehicle will compete against all other vehicles in the class.
To complete these tasks, I was joined in my group by Luca Piroddi and Dieter Webb. To which we discussed how to tackle the complications. This was then followed up by introduction to project as we sat down with my tutor and discussed what ideas would be possible.
