Andrew,
I read an article about SRTA ( smash repair team australia )and how
they repaired Peter Brocks Vectra after he smashed it at Bathurst.They claim that
if a car has been raced they have under frame drawings that they get from
Dataliner and other sources. The guy who heads the team is Warwick Hale a
Granville TAFE teacher. Maybe he could help.
Andrew Smith
Andrew Schultz wrote:
> HA, no chance of getting your hands on the software, sorry.
>
> I work as an automotive designer for Ford. (At the moment I'm working in
> Germany, before that England for 10 months, and I was with Ford
> Australia for 4 years). You'd be surprised how quickly I could model a
> 1600, as long as I have good info to work with. I will probably be back
> in OZ next year, and depending on who I work for, I might be able to get
> permission to model up a 1600.
>
> Andrew S
>
> abrahamk wrote:
> >
> > IDEAS,
> > Lend me the installation discs! :)
> > It costs more than $20,000 even for a basic setup.
> > Seriously though, where do you work?
> >
> > 1.The trick with this kind of software is knowing what to model.
> > To do the whole car would take ages and you'd need a dedicated supercomputer
> > to do the number crunching.
> > You would only need to partially model important areas of the car for a
> > structural and suspension kinematic analysis, and there is no reason why it
> > wouldn't give good results that are useful.
> >
> > At the moment I am thinking about my strut brace and sump guard.
> > By partially modelling the front end of the car you can tell where the most
> > flex is, and hence where to place the bar for max. effect (CAMS regs say
> > anywhere within 150mm of the strut).
> > Also the sump guard can be used to reinforce the chassis rails - how much
> > effect will it have / is it worth the effort, only a FEA model can tell.
> > Where do I place the rear legs of my roll-cage, and in what configuration,
> > for max. rigidity,
> > etc...
> > A good FEA model will help you decide on material requirements as well.
> >
> > 2. There are a few good suspension programs out there but you need the data
> > for them to be any use.
> > What you really need are the factory workshop manuals (failing actual
> > blueprints). The manuals use accurate drawings so you need one dimension
> > from the real object to determine the scale of the drawing, then you can
> > measure dimensions from the drawings far more accurately than you can from
> > the real object.
> > This data would be quite useful and could be stored online.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nick
>
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