Front Wing Mounting Structures
What? Designed and manufactured a new mounting system from the ground up. Validated structural integrity using FEA. How? Performed design validation in Ansys. Machined and water-jetted mount with a 2-axis mill. Fabricated ribs via FDM 3D printing. Results? Reduced total structure mass by 12%. Halved the setup time of fronting being mounted to the car. Enhanced rib stiffness after failure iterations. Integrated guy-wires to address carbon fatigue.
Owen McDade
- Current
HighlightS
- Reduced mass by 12% and, halved setup time, and increased serviceability of front wing mounting structure by using ANSYS Mechanical FEA modeling and physical testing.
- Integrated front wing design and mounting with a variety of sub teams to allow for reliable operation of the car with tailored experience for drivers, as a result Improving individual driver lap times by 3%.
SKILLS
FEA
Aluminum Manufacturing
DFMA
SolidWorks