FIG.04 · AMU Racing · 2019–23
Formula Student — Combustion Vehicle
Four-year Formula Student program. Designed the steering system in Siemens NX with ANSYS validation (6° free play), simulated vehicle dynamics in MATLAB Simulink and LOTUS Shark, and led manufacturing to cut fabrication time by a month. Top-5 placement, sub-10 design report ranking.
Siemens NXANSYSSimulinkLOTUS Shark
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Specifications
PLACEMENT
Top 5
FREE PLAY
6°
BUILD Δ
−1 month
DESIGN RANK
< 10
Process
How it came together.
01
Brief & Constraints
Mapped functional requirements, packaging, load cases, and manufacturing process.
02
CAD & Analysis
Iterated geometry against FEA and tolerance stacks until margins were clean.
03
Build & Test
Prototyped, instrumented, and verified against the original spec sheet.
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