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Welcome to the Mechanical Team on Northeastern Electric Racing! Here we design, fabricate and assemble the components that make up the structural and dynamic components of the a vehicle. This page will serve as a hub for your first semester on the team, teaching you the basics on how to design and manufacture parts in a real world setting.

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Schedule

Week 1-Solidworks Install, PDM, Finishline, Rules/Timeline?

Week 2-Acquainted with Solidworks/ PDM

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Part Naming, File Locations

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Planes, Sketches, Dimensions, Extrudes, Revolves, Relations, Measure, Hole Wizard

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Feature Tree Organization

Week 3- Design Principles, DFM, DFA considerations

HSMWorks, Methods, CAM

Rules and Timeline

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General Information

Mechanical Subteams

The mechanical team is made up of four steams, subteams: Structural, Handling, Powertrain and Ergonomics.

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. If you have not already, you will choose a subteam to work under. You are not bound to this team once you decide, so feel free to attend meetings for all teams to see what fits best.

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Expectations of Members

We are a very large group of students , all working towards a quite the ambitious goal of creating building a new racecar every year. This means that we all need to accept and try to thrive in the responsibility that comes with our respective roles. As a member of the mechanical team, you are expected to

  • Attend your system meeting and bay time every week

  • Come ready to learn and grow

  • Ask a lot of questions

  • Treat your fellow team members with respect and kindness

  • Be prepared to set aside about 5 hours to club work every week

    • This Yes, this one sounds is daunting, but this club will give you what you put in. Be prepared to put in the time to learn and into it. The time you spend here will provide you opportunities to grow as an engineer. This will allow you to be a valuable asset, not only to the club, but to future employers. Our engineers have a significant advantage in employment prospects due to the practical experience gained , but it takes time and effort to reap these rewards. (TALK ABOUT CONNECTIONS)

First Semester in NER

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    • and engineering connections made through the effort they put forth.

What to Expect in Your First Semester

Before you can take on ownership of your own system, you’ll need to build the skills required to do so. For the first couple of weeks, you will complete an introductory project to introduce you to the tools and skills we mechanicals use to complete our work. Once your introductory project is completed, you will start to be assigned tasks, such as Component Design, Machining, Machine Toolpathing, Assembly, etc. The tasks you are assigned are determined by your chosen subteam, so if there is anything you are particularly interested in, let your team head know.

Introductory Project

As a part of your onboarding experience, you will be tasked with designing and analyzing a component, creating a machine and assembly plan, as well as generating timelines for it’s creation. This space will give you a general overview of the guided through the design and analysis of a brake pedal to get you acquainted with the software and skills you will need during your time at Northeastern Electric Racing, and subsequently for completing your semester project.

Table of Contents

  • Solidworks

    • Part Design

    • Drawings

    • Simulation

  • PDM

  • Fabrication

    • Methods

    • CAM

    • Machining

  • Finishline

  • Competition Rules and General Timelines

  • Common Vendors and Purchasing

  • Design Practices and Resources

    • Documentation, what's important, why recording a history of your work is key

    • Design Justification

Notes

First a learner part to warm them up,

Pedal - Rules required force tolerance

need to teach about factor of safety, deflection, stress concentration, treat it like a class

when you complete this part and present your design, you will be given work for your subteam.

Modules to teach what you need, schedule for freshman/ sophomores?

Less rigid project - Simple design to get acquainted with the flow of designin the club. You will learn how to go through the FSAE Rules to find the part requirements, design a part that meets both rules and performance characteristics, and ensure that we can actually make the part.

The project will be broken down into modules that you are to complete weekly, or as quickly as you wish. Your progress through each module will be tracked through a Google Docs page that you make, compiling all deliverables from each module. You will only be assigned tasks on your respective subteam once you have fulfilled all module deliverables, and your head has signed off on your completion. Below is a list of each module.

Module List

  1. Software and Application Guide

  2. Rules and Project Definition

  3. Solidworks Part Design

  4. Structural Analysis and Simulation

  5. Fabrication Methods and Machining