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of the car was applied to the front uprights to simulate stress on the front corners when turning. Coppens said all loads were estimated high to simulate "worst-case" scenarios when racing.
Once load values were established and applied, team members performed linear static stress analysis on the front and rear uprights and the front and rear rockers. "When ALGOR FEA showed parts wouldn't fail, we immediately built them," Coppens said. Analysis simulates realworld events, so the team could tell by using the CAD and FEA tools -without wasting time and materials for each part's testing -that designs would hold up under estimated loads. In this way, the team completed a prototype race car a few weeks ahead of schedule and was able to test its real-world performance and make modifications to it as appropriate.
Regarding the advantages of participating in Formula SAE, Coppens said it provides the best way to get practical experience for university students, including the opportunity to use real-world engineering tools like Solid Edge and ALGOR software. He said, "It's a huge engineering project -you're building a whole car, and you're learning how engineers really do that and using the same tools.
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