Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA 2017

PRESENTATION GUIELINES

Hosted at
CHITKARA UNIVERSITY
Rajpura Campus
Chandigarh-Rajpura-Patiala National Highway, National Highway 64,
Patiala, Punjab 140401
on
14th & 15th July 2017
 About Virtual BAJA

The Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA is a filtration criterion, through which all the registered teams are scrutinized for their knowledge
and capability to participate successfully in the main event. Virtual BAJA started in the year 2009 and is supported by
working professionals as judges and volunteers across the country.

The Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA acts as a prequalifier to participation in the BAJA SAEINDIA event.

The objectives of the Virtual BAJA Event are as follows:

1. To acquaint the teams completely with the objectives of the BAJA SAEINDIA event.

2. The teams are required to familiarize themselves with the technical guidelines and limits for the design of
BAJA vehicle.

3. To design the complete CAD Model of the BAJA Vehicle. The design should be complete in all respects to the
extent of being considered readytomanufacturing.

Based on the performance in the Virtual BAJA, the teams would be selected for participation in the main event. The selection
would be purely on the basis of merit and ONLY ONE TEAM PER COLLEGE shall be allowed on the basis of comparative merit.
This excludes the eBAJA registrations from those colleges.

The design presented during the event if shortlisted, shall be considered as final and the team shall be considered to proceed
towards fabrication activity using the same design. Failing this, the teams shall be penalized / disqualified if the fabricated
vehicle does not exhibit correlation with the design report or if the teams fail to fabricate within the stipulated timeframe.

Note: The Virtual BAJA is a prequalifier, thus, no awards would be issued for the Virtual BAJA event.

YOY Trend of BAJA

500 414
395 388
NUMBER OF TEAMS

400 327 323

300 250 260
198 179 185
200 146 125 130 Virtual Baja
106 100 120
59 75 80
100 27 Main Baja

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 Virtual BAJA Guidelines

Key Guidelines for Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA 2017 are listed below:

Definitions:

1. OLD TEAMS
The teams / colleges / institutions which participated in the Main Event of Baja SAEINDIA 2016 and/or 2017 will be
called as OLD TEAMS. Participation in the Main Event means the team must have built the Baja vehicle, brought it to
the main event and has got their team registered at Pithampur site for on-site stages of competition.

2. NEW TEAMS
The teams / colleges / institutions which could not participate in the Main Event of Baja SAEINDIA 2016 and/or 2017
will be called as New Teams. Teams not covered under Old Teams criteria will be considered as NEW TEAMS.

Registrations for Virtual BAJA:

a. Teams are requested to fill the Virtual BAJA 2017 Registration Form from the downloaded section of
BAJA SAEINDIA Forum.
b. The form should be completed in all respect and signed by respective Faculty Advisor & Team Captain/
Vice-Captain.
c. Teams should send scanned copy of duly signed form along with its soft copy (Excel Format Only).
d. Completed forms should be mailed using the following guidelines:

FILE NAME: Team ID_College Name

SUBJECT: Virtual BAJA Registration Team ID_College Name
Eg. Virtual BAJA Registration 18999_ABC College of Engineering
To: Alumni Coordinator
CC: virtualbaja17@gmail.com

Teams should attach Registration Form scanned copy & Soft Copy (Excel Format Only) while sending
the e-mails to virtualbaja17@gmail.com

e. Last Date to submit Virtual BAJA Registration Form is 22nd June 2017

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 Virtual BAJA Guidelines (Cont)

Presentations:

DURATION:
Maximum of 20 mins will be allotted per team to present their vehicle design.
This includes:
o Presentation by team to showcase their vehicle in soft copy 15 mins
o Questionnaire put up by panel to be answered by the Team 05 mins

TOTAL MARKS FOR PRESENTATION :

o NEW TEAMS = 110 marks
o OLD TEAMS = 150 marks

FONT STYLE & SIZE: Students to use Font Style Calibri and, Font Size to be 14 or above.

Presentations to be made in MS PowerPoint, and should be compatible to run in MS PowerPoint 2007.

File type should be [.pptx] only.

NUMBER OF SLIDES:
o NEW TEAMS:
A maximum of 12 slides can be used to present their vehicle during Virtual BAJA 2017.
o OLD TEAMS :
A maximum of 14 slides can be used to present their vehicle during Virtual BAJA 2017.

Presentation content should be in line with the topics mentioned in the docket under Virtual BAJA Guidelines
Presentation

Teams are requested to refer the following for Virtual BAJA 2017 - Presentations
o Slide Sequence & Marking System
o Annexure I : Design Aggregates and specifications

NO TRANSITIONS OR ANIMATIONS ARE ALLOWED.

All the slides to contain static data ONLY.

Teams would be required to mail the presentations in PowerPoint 2007 format to virtualbaja17@gmail.com
latest by 6th July 2017, failing which, the teams would face disqualification from the event.

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 Virtual Baja Guidelines (Cont)

Presentations: Slide Sequence & Marking System

Presentation by NEW TEAMS

Slide # Particulars Marks

1 Team ID/College Name 0
2 Tech Specs and performance specs of proposed vehicle 10
3 Roll cage design process-ergonomics 10
4 CAE basic process and its application 10
5 Suspension-front/rear 10
6 Brakes 10
7 Steering and wheel geometry 10
8 Power Train 10
9 Cost and weight analysis Pie-Chart 10
10 Project Plan 10
11 DFMEA 5
12 Design Validation Plan 5
13 Team composition with work allocation; Faculty advisor name, 10
College workshop facilities.
Total Marks 110

New Teams need to explain Design Consideration / Design process / Layout of systems for Slides 3 to 8.

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Presentation by OLD TEAMS

Slide # Particulars Marks

1 Team ID & College Name 0
Old Team ID, Car no., Endurance score, Total score& awards
2&3 Lessons learnt: Roll Cage; Aggregates; Vehicle Performance in 40
Main Event; Breakdown/ Failures
4 Comparison for weight; Cost; Aggregate Specs, Vehicle 10
performance specs- Old Vs Proposed
5 Roll Cage design process-ergonomics 10
6 CAE basic process and its application 10
7 Suspension-front/rear 10
8 Brakes 10
9 Steering and wheel geometry 10
10 Power Train 10
11 Cost and weight analysis Pie-Chart-Old Vs Proposed 10
12 Project Plan 10
13 DFMEA 5
14 Design Validation Plan 5
15 Team composition with work allocation/highlight old 10
members ; College workshop facilities; FA-earlier/now
Total Marks 150

Old Teams need to explain Design Consideration / Design process / Layout of systems for Slides 5 to 10.

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 VIVA-For all teams
Duration:
Maximum of 15 minutes will be allotted per team for the Viva

Team members will be same for Presentation & Viva.

Total Marks for Viva: 50, which includes,
15 Marks- General Automotive Understanding (Part I) - 5 mins
15 Marks- General Automotive Understanding (Part-II) - 5 mins
20 Marks- Rulebook Understanding - 5 mins
Total - 15 mins
The Viva will be conducted along with your presentation.
Viva will include questions on Function /Failure Modes / Construction/Working/Concepts/Design/Materials
/Manufacturing/Validation of a component or system.

Feedback, Scoring & Team Change

Feedback by judges - 05 mins
Scoring & Team Change - 05 mins
Total: - 10 mins

Pointers to Virtual BAJA

Discipline and ethical conduct are of utmost importance. Please exhibit the same during the event.
5 members per team are allowed, including Captain / Vice-Captain. One faculty member in addition to
the team members would be allowed only as a silent observer during presentation/viva.
Presence of Team Captain OR Vice-Captain is mandatory.
Teams would have to strictly adhere to a timeline for presentation followed by Q&A Session & Viva.
The total time allotted = 20 + 15 + 10 = 45 mins
Teams have to prepare the presentation in strict adherence with the guidelines. Any deviation from the same may lead to
reduction of marks.
mBAJA teams must assume that they would use a common Briggs & Stratton Engine of 10 HP/305 cc.
eBAJA teams must assume that they would use a common motor of capacity not greater than 6KW.
Selection criteria are solely based on merit and preference of venue during initial registrations. Only one team from an
institute would be selected based on merit. Multiple teams do not entail confirmed selection.
This excludes E-Baja Teams.
Following content is NOT allowed in student presentations:
o Any content about institute except for team, institute name & workshop facilities
o Any content about SAE Collegiate Club or past activities
o Any CAD / CAE videos are not allowed. Instead, teams should present the data in the form of
mathematical or meaningful data. For E.g.: boundary conditions Crash test analysis values, present
deformation value, g- values, FOS, etc.
o Any content that tries to influence the judging panel for favourable consideration of team in the
selection process
o No report or other documents are to be submitted before or during Virtual BAJA 2017.
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 ANNEXURE-I

Design Aggregates and Specifications

Slides should be prepared after studying and understanding following points.

Questions at virtual presentation may cover all these aspects.
Slides on aggregate design should be prepared to explain following points:

Within: Understanding requirements and limitations of vehicle for the aggregate

What: Overall vehicle performance expected from the aggregate relevance of aggregate parameters
How: Design approach and methodology for the aggregate, based on Automobile Engineering basics.
Why & why not: Justifications for selecting a particular design & why not selecting alternate designs.
Decision & List: Final specifications for the aggregate.

1. Overall Vehicle Details

Overall dimensions:
o Overall width & length
o Front & Rear Track width
o Wheel base
o Ground clearance
Wheels / Tyres
o Front & Rear
Overall performance of vehicle:
o Maximum Speed (Kmph)
o Maximum Acceleration
o Gradability %
o Stopping Distance
Weight:
o Kerb weight and Ratio FAW to RAW- laden

2. Slide on CAE
Need for CAE activity and criteria to be used for material / size selection
o Material mechanical properties Yield strength, Tensile strength,
Elongation %
o Equivalence of chosen material vis--vis recommended material
o Chemical composition w.r.t. weldability risks
o Proposed Factor of safety & maximum deformation
CAE process
o Meshing size
o Beam method or Shell method? What are the advantages & disadvantages?
o Choosing Solver

Load cases for crash

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 o Frontal & Rear crash
o Side crash
o Roll over
o How to decide impact force (calculation method) for each load case
o Constraints

Results Conclusions: Stresses, Factor of safety & Deformation

3. Suspension
Type of suspension
Linkage design
o CG Height
o Ground clearance
o Roll Centre Height at FAW and RAW
o Motion ratios
Suspension geometry
o Camber at Kerb weight & change s with suspension travels
o Castor, KPI & Scrub radius
o Toe-In & Toe-Out
Design of spring, damper, suspension arms etc.
o Sprung and unsprung mass
o Desired natural frequency (Hz) Front & Rear
o Ride rates & Spring stiffness
o Spring design wire diameter, material, Factor of safety etc.
o Suspension travels
o Damper stroke & Damping value s at 0.3 m/s
o Design of Arms and uprights
o CAE for load bearing parts from suspension
Overall values for Suspension

4. Steering
Steering system
o Understeer or oversteer?
o Steering Geometry Ackerman percentage
o Steering angles Inside and outside
o Turning circle radius
Steering gear R & P
o LHD or RHD
o Rack travel end to end or end to centre
o Turns lock to lock, rev.
o Steering ratio. mm / rev.
o IBJ centre distance, mm.
o OBJ centre distance, mm.
o Length of Tie rod.

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 Steering column
o Type Collapsible / Tilting.
o with / without Power assist (as used on original vehicle).
Steering wheel
o Steering wheel diameter.
o Steering wheel torque.
5. Brakes
Braking circuit
o F/R split or X-split
o Brake master cylinder bore size x stroke
o Brake disc or drum
o Brake calliper cylinders bore size x nos.
o Brake calliper pad mean braking radius, Area and friction coefficient
o Brake fluid to be used
Brake calculations
o Weight transfer at 40 Kmph to 0 K mph
o Static Rolling Radius for tyre
o Coefficient of friction for road
o Brake torque required per wheel
o Force required by calliper cylinders
o Balance between two braking circuit (PRV?) Simultaneous locking?
o Which wheels lock first front or rear?
Performance
o Stopping distance, m
o Pedal force, N & Pedal travel, mm
Brake installation problems actions?
o Bleeding
o Unbalanced circuits
6. Power train
Engine / Electrical Motor specifications
o Max power rpm
o Max Torque rpm
Transmission unit
o Geared / CVT / Elec Controller / any other.
o Output Ratios for Engine / Motor rpm
Tyre sizes
Integration
o Power train layout
o Mounting and installation
o Coupling Engine / Motor to Gearbox
o NVH considerations

Performance
o Acceleration
o Gradability %

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 7. Weights and BoM / costing
BoM aggregates & their weights & Kerb weigh t
Costing

8. Project plan (MS Project plan)
Time plan for Major activities & assigning responsibilities
o Design
o Procurement
o Manufacture of parts
o Assembly for aggregates & Vehicle assembly
o Validation
o Readiness at main event at Pithampur
Applying Constraints
Applying task dependencies (links)
Define Critical path in project.

9. Workshop facilities
Manufacturing Facilities at College - photos & major specs
Manufacturing facilities Outside - photos & major specs
Test facilities - photos & major specs

10. Testing and validation
DFMEA
PFMEA
Testing during manufacturing
Validation Plan
o Performance
o Strength (Destructive testing).

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 ANNEXURE-II

List of Recommended books

Gillespie, Thomas; Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics.

Jazar, Reza; Vehicle Dynamics - theory & Application.
Smith, Carroll; Tune to win.
Limpert, Rudolf; Brake Design and Safety.
B. Heissing, M. Ersoy; Chassis Handbook.
Reimpell, Stoll & Betzler; The Automotive Chassis Engineering Principles.
Richard Stone and Jeffrey K. Ball; Automotive Engineering Fundamentals.
Milliken & Milliken; Race car vehicle dynamics.
Lechner Gisbert, Naunheimer Harald; Automotive Transmissions.

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