Instrumentation for Vehicle Handling, Performance, and Navigation

车辆操控、性能和导航仪表

• 批准号: 9850665
• 负责人: Alan Nye
• 金额: $ 1.69万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 2001-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9850665&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Instrumentation; Vehicle; Handling; Performance; Navigation

The expanding automotive industry in the US needs Bachelor of Science degree-level mechanical engineers who have specialized in automotive engineering. In recent years, within the Mechanical Engineering, Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), there has been an intense interest by students, faculty, and staff in automotive engineering related areas. One manifestation of this is RIT's impressive record in national collegiate automotive competitions such as the SAE Formula competition in which individual teams design and build a race car to compete in various autocross events. In response to the employment need and local interest, an official automotive option (one of the few in the country) was recently approved and is currently under development. While faculty expertise exists, state-of-the-art laboratory equipment is not available for curricular usage. The objective of this project is to strengthen the laboratory component of the automotive option. Because of RIT's participation in the SAE Formula competition, its close proximity to automotive organizations, and its large suburban campus, an initial laboratory focus on vehicle handling, performance, and navigation (e.g. vs. engines) is appropriate at this time. Students will learn fundamental principles in the area of vehicle handling, performance, and navigation, as well as gain experience with instrumentation (including an optical based "slip angle" sensor) and data acquisition systems. Steady-state handling experiments will be conducted on the instrumented "RIT car" based on testing industry standards. Vehicle performance experiments will characterize the longitudinal speed and acceleration. By using principles of navigation students will be able to determine the instantaneous location of the vehicle and compare it to that provided by landmarks and accurate maps. Learning the above principles will provide students with the necessary laboratory skills to function effectively in a vehicle testing environment.

美国不断发展的汽车工业需要专门从事汽车工程的理学士学位级别的机械工程师。 近年来，罗切斯特理工学院 (RIT) 机械工程系的学生、教职员工对汽车工程相关领域产生了浓厚的兴趣。其中一个体现是 RIT 在全国大学生汽车比赛中取得的令人印象深刻的记录，例如 SAE 方程式比赛，在该比赛中，各个团队设计和制造赛车来参加各种汽车越野赛。 为了满足就业需求和当地利益，官方汽车选项（该国为数不多的选项之一）最近获得批准，目前正在开发中。 虽然教师拥有专业知识，但最先进的实验室设备无法用于课程使用。 该项目的目标是加强汽车选项的实验室部分。由于 RIT 参与了 SAE 方程式比赛，并且靠近汽车组织，并且拥有大型郊区校园，因此最初的实验室专注于车辆操控、性能和导航（例如与发动机）在此时是合适的。 学生将学习车辆操控、性能和导航领域的基本原理，并获得仪器仪表（包括基于光学的“滑移角”传感器）和数据采集系统的经验。 将根据测试行业标准在仪表化“RIT小车”上进行稳态操控实验。 车辆性能实验将表征纵向速度和加速度。 通过使用导航原理，学生将能够确定车辆的瞬时位置，并将其与地标和精确地图提供的位置进行比较。学习上述原理将为学生提供必要的实验室技能，以便在车辆测试环境中有效发挥作用。