National Sponsor

PROJECT TEAM
HISTORY
Megan Kirk Evan Pignatelli Laura Kirk
CONTENTS: Team Manager and Graphics Designer Design Engineer Design Engineer

Project Team ........................... p 2

Project Management .............. p 3
Team Management .................. p 4
Team Identity ........................... p 5
Marketing ................................. p 6
Brand Identity .......................... p 7
Josh Crawford
Sponsors/Collaborators ....... p 8 Marketing and Resource Manager
Media ......................................... p 9
Engineering Management ...... p 10 evolutionary revolutionary

Car Development .................... p 11

Car Components ..................... p 12
Wheels ....................................... p 13
Testing Virtual ......................... p 14
Aerodynamics ......................... p 15
Chris Jenkins Portfolio Note:
Testing Physical ...................... p 16 Manufacturing Engineer
Manufacturing Body ............... p 17
Manufacturing Wheels and
Collaboration:
Components ............................. p 18
Final Car Design ...................... p 19
Evaluation:
Orthogonal ............................... p 20
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 PROJECT
PROJECT
ABOUT MANAGEMENT
US MANAGEMENT

Challenges and Opportunities:

Manage time constraints
Control expenditure
Understand our boundaries
Collaboration with industry managers.

Time - Constraints
Gantt Chart
Scope - Understand our Boundaries
Project Management Triangle
Resources - Control Expenditure
Budget

Weekly Agendas

RE
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Management Collaboration:

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QUALITY

SC

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PRODUCTIVITY

Management Evaluation: TIME

A pie graph displaying our budget expenditure

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TEAM MANAGEMENT
Maintain Team Productivity Identify Personal Limitations
Challenges and Opportunities:
Ensure effective team communication
Maintain team productivity
Identify personal limitations.

Ensure Effective Team Communication High Team Morale

Weekly Meetings

Motion Racing

Matrix System

Celebrating a milestone with pizza

Communication Tools
Gmail:

Playing around with the High Speed Camera

Facebook:
‘Completion’ List

Motion Racing

Motion Racing

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 TEAM IDENTITY

Clear and Professional Logo

Challenges and Opportunities:
Formidable and dynamic identity Motion Racing Logo
Clear and professional logo
Convey a professional team identity.

Formidable and Dynamic Identity

Team Colours
Competition Wear

Colour CYMK Code

Convey a Professional Team Identity

Team Uniforms Team Jackets

Proudly Representing Australia

Font
Title:
Subheading:
Type:

Team Identity Evaluation:

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 MARKETING
Promote Interest in our Team Promote our Message to the Community
Challenges and Opportunities:
Increase our online presence Newsletters Sutherland Business Education Network (B.E.N)
Motion Racing
Promote interest in our team
Promote our message to the
community.

Increase our Online Presence

Website

Women In Engineering (W.I.E)

Sponsorship Brochure

Motion
Racing

Social Network

Marketing Evaluation:
Scan the QR Code for details on
our sponsors.

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 BRAND IDENTITY
Achieve an Informative and Dynamic Pit Area Entice Spectators to our Pit Area
Challenges and Opportunities:
Achieve bold car graphics Pit Area Touch Screen
Achieve an informative and dynamic pit
area
Entice spectators to our pit area
Collaborate with an expert to develop
design skills.

Achieve Bold Car Graphics

Car
Motion Racing

LED Lights

Brand Identity Collaboration:

Pit Area iPads

Brand Identity Evaluation:

Slap USBs are an easy and fun way of promoting our team. The USB motion
has a PDF highlighting our sponsors and collaborators and describing
our team’s journey.

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SPONSORS/COLLABORATORS
Rotary,
Challenges and Opportunities:
Acknowledge and thank our sponsors Compumod
Attract new sponsors
Encourage previous sponsors to stay Women In Engineering
with us. Compumod.

Maltacourt
Acknowledge and Thank our Sponsors CSIRO
Sponsorship
Motion Racing
Helensburgh Car Services Captivations

Symscape
Sutherland Business Education
Sponsors Network

ANSTO Encourage Previous Sponsors to Stay With Us

ANSTO
C.A. Rich Sponsors’ Night
Motion Racing

Impression Markings
Adept Turnkey

Department of Defence
Materiel Organisation
National Sponsor

Southside Restorations
Bilby CNC

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 MEDIA

‘Real’ Formula One Car Media Coverage Promote Sponsors and Supporters
Challenges and Opportunities:
Achieve wide media exposure
Speak on national television
Promote sponsors and supporters.

Achieve Wide Media Exposure

Local Press

Motion Racing We

ANSTO presenting Motion Racing with a cheque for $7000.

Scan the QR Code to see our media

appearances.

Speak on National Television

An email from ANSTO acknowledging the ABC media coverage.

Media Evaluation:
Motion Racing

The team with the NSW Minister for Education, Adrian Piccoli

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 ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Use a Plan of Operation for all Processes

Challenges and Opportunities: Design Process Flow Chart
Control engineering risks
Develop a way of documenting our
process
Use a plan of operation for all processes.

Control Engineering Risks

Risk Assessment

Risk Cause Rating Control

Car is out of rules Complex design and strict design Medium Both design engineers review car for compliance. Leave
causing penalties rules. a week between completion of car and the start of the
manufacturing process.

Car breaks during Weak points in car design and/or Medium Extensive testing E.g. FEA analysis. Change design to remove
racing components. weak points.
No organisation Lack of a naming convention to High Create a template to order all design elements and document
to show design manage design developments in the the testing processes.
evolution car.

Develop a Way of Documenting Our Process

Engineering Templates

Engineering Collaboration:
Extract from the Engineering Templates

Scan the QR Code for

additional engineering
templates.

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 CAR DEVELOPMENT

Challenges and Opportunities:

Concept Car 1 (CC1):

Start with the Basics

Concept Car 2 (CC2):
Stage 2 Conclusion:

Stage 1 – Concept Development

Stage 1 Conclusion:

Incremental Changes
Stage 2 - Incremental Changes

Car Development Collaboration:

Car Development Evaluation:

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 CAR COMPONENTS

Challenges and Opportunities: Maintain Structural Integrity

Rear Wing Support

Optimise Drag Aerodynamics

Front Aerofoil and Nose Cone

Rear Wheel Guards

Car Components Evaluation:

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 WHEELS
Optimise Rotational Moment of Inertia Improve Strength and Reliability of the Wheel
Challenges and Opportunities:
Concept 2: Variable Moment of Inertia (VMI) Wheels Assembly
Concept 3: Spinning Axle Wheel Assembly

Improve Wheel Balance

Concept 1: Independent Wheel Assembly

PICTURE

Conclusion:

Wheels Evaluation:

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 TESTING - VIRTUAL
Evaluate Conformance to Rule T4.6
Challenges and Opportunities:
Wall Thickness Analysis

Analyse the Car’s Structural Integrity

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Material Description Tensile Strength PICTURE Calculations to Inform Design, Development and
Manufacturing
Inertia Tool

Virtual Testing Collaboration:

PICTURE

Virtual Testing Evaluation:

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 AERODYNAMICS
Caedium
Challenges and Opportunities:

Develop an Understanding of CFD the canister and rear skirt and improved velocity underneath the
canister housing.

Validate Through Track Testing

Design Process Validation

Pheonics

Stage 1 buiding block car: this car has no aerodynamic improvements.

of the car and the wheels.

XFlow
Aerodynamics Collaboration:

Aerodynamics Evaluation:

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 TESTING - PHYSICAL

Challenges and Opportunities: Optimise Car Body and Wheel Design

Optimising Acceleration and Deceleration
Canister duration - sound test

Understand How the Car Responds to Forces

Thrust with Respect to Centre of Gravity the track

Adept Turnkey Scan the QR Code to see more

high speed camera footage on our
YouTube channel

Velocity – photography experiment

shows minimal bucking of rear wheels. Blue line tracks forward motion
to calculate acceleration.

Conclusion:

Physical Testing Evaluation:

This was used to test the independent wheel assembly and spinning
axle wheel assembly.

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 MANUFACTURING - BODY
Maximum Use of the Standard Balsa Block Apply Innovation to Solve Problems
Challenges and Opportunities:
Side Pod Slot

Manufacture a Highly Complex Design

Machining Codes and Process

Use 3D Prototyping To Enhance Developments

Apply FEA Testing to Optimise Machine Coding
3D Printed Components
Machining Challenges
FEA

Process Cutter Tool Step Over Raster Angle

(mm) (mm) (degrees)

Manufacturing Collaboration:

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 MANUFACTURING - WHEELS AND COMPONENTS
Car Assembly
Challenges and Opportunities:

Create Innovative Manufacturing Solutions

Wheel Supports

Carbon Fibre Front Aerofoil

Component Weights

Density Block mass Component Mass

(kg/m) (g) (g)
Axle

Manufacturing Evaluation:

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FINAL CAR DESIGN

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ORTHOGONAL

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