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Westerlund, Niklas. "Antispinn för högprestandabilar och motorsport." Thesis, KTH, School of Electrical Engineering (EES), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4620.
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This master’s degree project includes the construction, implementation and the theory of function of the traction control system NTRAC, a traction control system designed to increase performance. A closer functionality study of the more common safety-designed traction control systems has been executed. As a result of this study different techniques in decreasing engine torque has been concluded. NTRAC uses a fuel-cutting method to decrease the torque. The risks and consequences by this, as well as different solutions, are in detail discussed in the report.
One of the main design purposes with NTRAC was to be able to adapt it easily to different vehicles. To evaluate this ability NTRAC has been implemented into two test vehicles, most different to each other by means of physical measurements. As an outcome of this evaluation, a number of mathematical models have been derived and implemented in numerical MATLAB programs. Two models are explained in the report and are included in MATLABfiles as appendix three and four at the end of the report.
The first model describes the dependency between the action of decrease in torque and the relative remaining degree of efficiency and the report explains why this does not show a linear dependency. The friction between the tire and the road surface plays a crucial part in the theory behind traction control and the report describes in detail how traditional traction control systems are designed to make compromises, in wheel spin tolerances, and thus not uses the maximum amount of traction. To increase performance traction control systems continuously have to optimise this amount and also minimise its fluctuations. Wheels travel with different speeds when cornering, thus the traction control system has to compensate for this, and the second mathematical model in the report describes this in detail.
Finally an increase in performance is verified through the usage of NTRAC in the formula car KTHR2. During an international competition in the summer of 05, at Bounthingsthorp proving grounds, Leicestershire, England, under perfect weather conditions, a time-saving of nine percentage where registered at acceleration tests from 0 to 75 meters.
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Franco, Kyle Ryan. "Transcending speed, the culture of motorsport a facility for the development and promotion of motorsport." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11282005-150437.
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Min, Geum Young. "Servitization of manufacturing SMEs in motorsport." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252173.
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Wood, Benjamin M. "Overcoming the barriers to sustainable motorsport." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/51907/.
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The aim of this Engineering Doctorate was to identify and develop strategies and technologies to overcome the barriers to sustainable motorsport. A top-down approach was taken beginning with an industry-wide strategy and ending with the development of individual sustainable technologies. After identifying a set of target guidelines for the industry to follow, the economic, social and environmental barriers to the future sustainability of motorsport were identified. These barriers were addressed through the creation of an industry-wide regulatory strategy followed by an innovative company-focussed technology development process; High Performance Sustainability (HPS). The HPS process was used to develop Eco One, a revolutionary racing car featuring environmentally sustainable technology which generated significant public engagement and facilitated evaluation of the HPS process. This technology demonstrator was used to make iterative improvements to the HPS process, resulting in HPS2, a second generation process with greater focus on performance and the development of sustainable technology. This novel process was used to research and develop individual environmentally-sustainable technologies; natural fibre reinforced composites and the use of high performance biodiesel. Firstly lignin, a natural, renewable, waste material was added to hemp/epoxy composites as an innovative compatibiliser with a resulting improvement in mechanical properties. Secondly, engine parameters were modified for the use of biodiesel made from soybean oil, resulting in torque equal to diesel fuel but with a lower in-cylinder pressure. The impact of these technologies is the opportunity to use renewable materials for high performance applications, potentially competing with existing motorsport technology. The innovations presented in this Engineering Doctorate led to recognised expertise in sustainable motorsport within WMG, and in turn resulted in sustainable motorsport projects including WorldFirst, in which a Formula 3 car was developed featuring natural fibre composites, high performance biodiesel and recycled carbon fibre components. The impacts of this work are the establishment of industrial projects with race teams and constructors, conference attendances and peer-reviewed publications, and dissemination of research through the development of academic courses and extensive media coverage.
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Bäckman, Jessica, and Carolina Mella. "Sponsorship for Women in Motorsport : A Study about which Criteria that Attracts Companies to Sponsor Women in Motorsport." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79406.
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A sponsorship within sports can be based on different criteria depending on what type of company you ask. Thus, it is important for the athletes to be able to present the most attractive criteria within their sponsorship proposals. The aim of this study is therefore to provide a better understanding on which criteria that attracts companies to sponsor women in motorsport. The result from this study can thereby guide women in motorsport regarding which criteria they should include in their sponsorship proposal. Moreover, the result can help companies who are interested in getting a deeper understanding on the benefits that follows by sponsoring women in motorsport. The study is exploratory with a qualitative approach that has been conducted through case studies, which was based on semi-structured interviews with four companies. These companies were selected since they are currently sponsoring women in motorsport and could therefore explain which criteria, they find attractive with these sponsorships. The main findings of this study show that the criteria that mostly attracts companies to sponsor women in motorsport are media exposure, brand awareness and equality between genders.Sponsring inom sport kan vara baserat på olika kriterier beroende vilket företag man frågar. Därmed är det viktigt för idrottare att kunna presentera de mest attraktiva kriterierna i sina sponsringsförslag. Av den orsaken är syftet med denna studie att ge en bättre förståelse för vilka kriterier som attraherar företag att sponsra kvinnor i motorsport. Resultatet från denna studie kan därigenom vägleda kvinnor inom motorsporten gällande vilka kriterier de bör inkludera i sina sponsringsförslag. Studien kan även hjälpa företag som vill få en djupare förståelse för fördelarna som resulterar av att sponsra kvinnor inom motorsporten. Den här forskningen är undersökande med en kvalitativ strategi och har genomförts med hjälp av fallstudier, baserade på semistrukturerade intervjuer med fyra stycken företag. Dessa företag valdes ut eftersom de för närvarande sponsrar kvinnor inom motorsporten och de kan därför förklara vilka kriterier de tycker är attraktiva med dessa sponsorskap. Resultatet av denna forskning visar att de kriterier som främst lockar företag att sponsra kvinnor inom motorsporten är medieexponering, varumärkeskännedom samt jämställdhet mellan könen.
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Strand, Stephen. "Motorsport performance analysis| A spatio-temporal approach." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1584460.
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As data logging technologies advanced, a point was reached where amateur motorsport enthusiasts could now log their vehicle's data while competing in motorsport events. Many drivers take advantage of these new data logging technologies but lack options for analyzing the data during and after motorsport events beyond standard tables and two-dimensional graphs. This thesis investigated the use of GIS as a tool for analyzing data collected during a motorsport event through time geography approaches and three-dimensional geovisualization techniques. Data were collected from the vehicle to analyze the speed and handling of the car while heart rate data were collected from the driver to help understand the driver's emotional state while navigating the course. Analysis of the data showed that time geography visualizations in a three-dimensional environment could help drivers better understand the data that had been collected from their vehicles and themselves and use it to improve their future performances when driving in motorsport events.
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Holland, Justin J. "The role of hydration in motorsport performance." Thesis, University of Queensland, 2018.
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Motorsport is a physically and cognitively demanding sport, where driver-athletes compete in compensable environments. The term ‘driver-athlete’ acknowledges that drivers possess certain unique skills that have been developed through training and practice that allows them to compete for a prize, recognition and admiration from peers and the public. Hydration and physical fitness are two important variables that may assist in a driver’s preparation for a race and subsequent health, safety and performance. This thesis has three main research studies that aim to understand the associated demands of motor racing, the attitudes and behaviours of drivers towards thermoregulation and physical fitness and finally understanding how these variables interact to determine the impact of dehydration on a driver’s health, safety and performance. The studies collectively contributed to better understand how to optimise the performance of the driver-athlete.
Study one aimed to explore the hydration status and thermoregulatory responses during Australian Supercar racing. Data was collected from Friday through to Sunday of three separate race meetings from three professional Australian Supercar drivers. Friday races consisted of three 20 – 30 min practice sessions, Saturday was a 20 min qualifying session and two races (36 – 56 min) with one endurance race (75 – 116 min) on Sunday. Contrary to our hypothesis, drivers progressively hydrated over the three days in accordance with a gradual increase in fluid intake, despite rarely consuming fluid during a race due to unpalatable water temperatures and limited availability of fluid. Morning urine samples indicated a hypohydrated [urine specific gravity (USG) >1.020] state for 50, 44 and 44% of the samples collected on Friday (n = 6), Saturday (n = 9) and Sunday (n = 9), respectively. Importantly, 25% (n = 16) of tympanic temperatures were >38.5oC indicating moderate heat strain and moderate-to-extreme dehydration [42% of total samples (n = 158) with a USG >1.020], suggesting that some drivers may be susceptible to hyperthermia and dehydration in compensable environments.
Study two determined if the observed behaviours in study one were related to the attitudes of drivers towards hydration, and whether those behaviours were a construct of their purported benefit/decrement on performance. Using a survey that was divided into three components: 1) attitudes and perceptions, 2) behaviours, and 3) demographics was completed. The survey included a total of 79 questions on a Likert-type scale rating importance or agreeance, and in some questions, acknowledgement of select behaviours. A total of one hundred drivers (56.5% of respondents) completed the survey in full. Driver-athletes noted the importance of fluid balance (95.0% of respondents) and physical fitness (80.0% of respondents) in relation to performance. A higher (p = 0.002) number of professional drivers (71.4%) noted the importance of measuring body mass for hydration status compared to amateur drivers (37.5%). A higher (p = 0.008) percentage of amateur drivers (70.8%) indicated that they don’t follow an individualised hydration plan in comparison to professional drivers (42.9%). External cooling devices were used across a race weekend, including cool suits and cold towels (both 16.0%), and ice vests and ice baths (4.0%). Plain water was predominately ingested (95.0%) across a race weekend by drivers, however there was a distinct lack of access to fluids during a race. There was an apparent lack of translation from attitudes to behaviours for idealistic hydration, thermoregulation and physical fitness-related practices. Drivers clearly acknowledge the importance of hydration, thermoregulation and physical fitness, but the importance placed on measuring these factors to prevent dehydration and heat stress is not evident.
The preceding studies informed the methodological design for research study three. In this study, the effect of dehydration on simulated motor racing performance and physiological parameters were investigated. In a crossover-control design, participants (n = 15) were randomised (counter-balanced) to either a no fluid trial [2.00% body mass loss (BML)] or fluid trial to achieve a 0.50% body mass gain. Passive dehydration to 2.00% BML was achieved via sauna exposure (43.3°C). The control group was also exposed to the sauna, however received plain room temperature water in 9.5 ± 1.5 bottles of water every 10 min to achieve a 0.50% body mass gain. After a 2 h rest period participants raced around the Bathurst race-track using a fixed-based racing simulator for 60 min in conditions (43.2°C) similar to that of Australian Supercar racing. Dehydration appeared to have no influence (p = 0.293) on racing performance, however, there was a trend (p = 0.007; r = 0.516) for drivers to have more severe errors towards the end of the race. There was a positive (p < 0.05) effect of being hydrated on peak measurements of core temperature (37.7 ± 0.3 vs. 38.0 ± 0.2°C), physiological strain index (3.5 ± 1.1 vs. 4.1 ± 1.1) and heart rate (121 ± 16 vs. 129 ± 16 beats.min-1) in comparison to being dehydrated. This data indicates that entering a race of 60 min duration in a dehydrated state (2.69% body mass loss) resulted in no performance benefit or detriment, despite participants reporting feelings of thirst and reduced alertness, concentration, and mood at the beginning of the race.
Overall, this thesis shows that hydration does have a role in a driver’s health, safety and performance. However, the importance and hierarchical priority of hydration in a driver’s preparation is highly individual with substantial variations in thermoregulatory responses to motor racing. It appears the hydration behaviours and attitudes of drivers have limited impact on their racing performance, however, may have effects on their health and thermoregulatory capacity. Collectively, the present results provide insight into the driver-athlete and the role that hydration has on a driver's health, safety and performance.
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Bernardino, Nelson Carvalho. "Integrated development and management system for motorsport ECUs." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/5569.
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Mestrado em Engenharia Electrónica e TelecomunicaçõesThe Motorsport Industry leads the path to the technological evolution of our day to day vehicles. The development process requires the use of top-notch software and hardware. This thesis presents the software component of a revolutionary approach to create an development and management environment that tackles all the current shortcomings of the industry, providing exible and scalable tools and components. The software created has the capability to: visually create, edit and interact with functions that in turn will be deployed to the hardware created in the one of sibling projects; control the hardware (directly and/or remotely) in a transparent and seamless manner; programming without compiler or linkers (the functions are directly interpreted by the system); debugging and changing the functions live, without the need to stop the hardware; store and analyse data logs; interact with intelligent peripherals, adding, removing, creating functions, reading and writing it's variables.
A Indústria do Desporto Automóvel lidera a evolução tecnológica dos veículos do dia-a-dia. O processo de desenvolvimento requer o uso de software e hardware de topo. Esta dissertação apresenta a componente de software numa abordagem revolucionária para criar um ambiente de desenvolvimento e gestão que visa suprimir muitas das falhas e limitações presentes nesta indústria, fornecendo ferramentas e componentes flexíveis e escaláveis. O software criado tem a capacidade de: duma forma visual, criar, editar e interagir com funções que, por sua vez, serão descarregadas para o hardware criado num dos projectos realizados em paralelo com este; controlar o hardware (directamente ou de forma remota) de forma transparente e fluída; programaço sem compiladores ou linkers (as funções são directamente interpretadas pelo sistema); correcção de erros e modificação de funções em tempo-real, sem ser necessário parar o hardware; armazenar e analisar dados; interagir com periféricos inteligentes, adicionando, removendo, criando funções, lendo e escrevendo as sua variáveis.
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Greene, Amanda E. "Creating Surveys for Motorsport Research: Utilizing Social Media." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4956.
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Angerbjörn, eran1804. "En undersökning om användandet av additiv tillverkning inom motorsport." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för kvalitets- och maskinteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-42843.
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Utvecklingen av produkter inom motorsporten är viktig ur flera aspekter. Dels för att miljöaspekten kring motorsport är mer aktuell än någonsin och för att ny teknologi gör det möjligt att optimera fordonen mer. Den här rapporten handlar om att optimera ett insug till en specifik förbränningsmotor, Volvos motor B234 16v. Insuget modelleras i programmet SolidWorks, där en CAD-fil tas fram. Från denna CAD-modell ska insuget sedan konstrueras genom additiv tillverkning. Uppgiften var att optimera gasflödet och producera en produkt som är lättare än originalprodukten, i ett polymermaterial som klarar de temperatur och lösningsmedelskrav som ett insug till en förbränningsmotor kräver. Reverse engineering användes för att matcha de båda flänsarna på varsin sida om insuget mot motor och spjällhus. Ett antal olika versioner av insug modellerades och testades för optimalt gasflöde. Från detta valdes den bäst flödande versionen ut. En polymer, PA12 (polyamide) Nylon glasfilled, presenterades som det bäst tänkbara materialet för den additiva tillverkningen av insuget. Genom att använda det presenterade materialet kunde en viktminskning på 37% uppnås. Det färdiga insuget skall sedan testas i motorbänk av uppdragsgivaren för att jämföras med ett insug som modifierats efter Trendabs ursprungliga process. Efter arbetet kunde det konstateras att processen som använts i arbetet inte bara är sparar pengar åt uppdragsgivaren, men även sparar tid i form av arbete som kan lejas bort istället för att göras in-house. Det framgick även att reverse engineering kunde göras med goda resultat utan att använda avancerad skannerteknik. Istället kan konstruktören utgå ifrån den del som skall modifieras för att använda mått och bilder för skapandet av CAD-modellenBetyg 2021-07-16
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Gröbel, Michael. "Datenaufzeichnung im Motorsport : Fahrzeug- und Fahreroptimierung durch Datarecording, verständlich dargestellt /." Hamburg : Diplomica-Verl, 2007. http://d-nb.info/986561525/04.
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Filsner, G. "Sustainability of industry clusters : new member creation in Motorsport Valle." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2007. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11373.
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The emphasis in cluster theory has been in explaining how and why clustering might
contribute to competitive advantage for co-located firms, and hence for the economy.
While firms may be encouraged to co-locate to gain from transactional, institutional and
knowledge benefits, threats to economic sustainability have been associated with a
deterioration of advantages and a failure to adapt, resulting in a decline of
competitiveness. This thesis reconsiders industry clusters as organisational populations,
suggesting a mechanism through which the population and the resource environment
can adapt and survive Cluster sustainability is described as a evolutionary process in
which the population and resources of the cluster adapt through the creation of new
member firms. Based on an embedded case study of eight firm formation events taking
place in the UK motorsport industry, the research examines how an industry cluster
regenerates and reproduces itself. The concentration, complexity, and diversity of
supply and demand comprising the cluster’s organisational population generate a
resource environment which generates creation of new members compatible with the
cluster’s knowledge architecture. New member entry depends on the absorptive
capacity of the cluster, while contributing to the ability to identify, diffuse and exploit
new knowledge. Sustainability of industry clusters is associated with the characteristics
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Filsner, Gilly. "Sustainability of industry clusters : new member creation in Motorsport Valley." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2007. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11373.
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The emphasis in cluster theory has been in explaining how and why clustering might contribute to competitive advantage for co-located firms, and hence for the economy. While firms may be encouraged to co-locate to gain from transactional, institutional and knowledge benefits, threats to economic sustainability have been associated with a deterioration of advantages and a failure to adapt, resulting in a decline of competitiveness. This thesis reconsiders industry clusters as organisational populations, suggesting a mechanism through which the population and the resource environment can adapt and survive Cluster sustainability is described as a evolutionary process in which the population and resources of the cluster adapt through the creation of new member firms. Based on an embedded case study of eight firm formation events taking place in the UK motorsport industry, the research examines how an industry cluster regenerates and reproduces itself. The concentration, complexity, and diversity of supply and demand comprising the cluster’s organisational population generate a resource environment which generates creation of new members compatible with the cluster’s knowledge architecture. New member entry depends on the absorptive capacity of the cluster, while contributing to the ability to identify, diffuse and exploit new knowledge. Sustainability of industry clusters is associated with the characteristics that support new member creation.
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Bottomley, M. "Optimisation of robust active flow control technologies for motorsport applications." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2015. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/809435/.
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Active flow control systems have the potential to allow future designs of ground vehicles and aircraft to realise increased operational efficiency through improved optimisation of the flow, leading to decreased fuel use and reduced environmental impact. To achieve this, dynamic actuators are required that can adapt to the changing conditions experienced over low-speed, high-lift aerofoils where separation control can be particularly advantageous. Synthetic Jet Actuators (SJAs) are a form of the technology that shows promise; they are small, low-mass and low-power devices, which means that they can potentially realise the system efficiency a vehicular application of active flow control requires. The aims of this research were directed to achieving better understanding and robustness of the control authority from SJA systems at Reynolds Numbers close to real-world operations. The characteristics of the control authority from a round-orifice SJA array positioned near the leading-edge position of an NACA0015 aerofoil have been investigated at Re = O(10^6). Measurements demonstrated how the jet flow imparts a controlling mechanism over the separating boundary layer flow, and hence can be used to improve the overall efficiency of the wing. A series of parametric alterations to the test conditions was made in order to understand the robustness of the control effect. The forcing frequency was decoupled from the dynamic response of the actuators themselves by means of amplitude modulation. The results demonstrated that successful control could be achieved with significantly reduced input power requirements, improving net efficiency. The effectiveness was shown to be largely independent of the frequency when used in this way. Using a counterstreamwise jet orientation to control the same basic separated flow condition was not found to generate significant improvements in operational efficiency. The results suggest an in-depth understanding of the jet flow, and the excitation location in relation to the point where the flow separates is important when designing the actuators. Tests also considered a different flow condition with a stronger adverse pressure gradient, by generating a ground-effect flow over the suction surface. The control authority afforded was diminished in the more adverse flow states. The performance of the actuators was considered, and the system achieved a larger than unity Figure of Merit, indicating the overall benefit of control shows direct relevance for realising practical flow control systems. The results indicate arrays of SJA’s are capable of delivering energy savings when managing this type of flow.
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Holmström, Gaston, and David Chlebek. "Safety One : En studie i säkerhetslösningar inom världens snabbaste motorsport." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-255835.
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Formel 1 är känd som en farlig och gastkramande motorsport. Givet faran, behöver stora mängder av säkerhetsfrågor bli analyserade, och när en lösning hittats - appliceras för att försäkra förare, fordon och publik från ett värsta-fall-scenario. Denna rapport analyserar de främsta säkerhetsfaktorerna använda genom åren och studerar de främsta komponenterna använda i dagens tävlingar. Givet resultaten, gjordes ett försök att bättre förstå var de nuvarande säkerhetsfällorna ligger, och även formulera ett förbättrningsförslag till de funna områdena. David Chlebek studerade säkerhetsmekanismerna använda mellan 1950 och 2019, främst fokuserande på fordonet och utrustningen förarna använder, medan Gaston Holmström analyserade banorna, barriärerna omkring dem och hur de förbättrats under åren. Sammanfattningsvis fann de att även om det har genomförts stora steg inom säkerhetsutvecklingen, finns det fortfarande flertal områden där det kan förbättras. De identifierade var de mest kritiska områdena fanns och presenterade idéer på hur man kan förbättra säkerheten där.Formula One is known to be a dangerous and thrilling motor sport. Given the dangers, huge measures of safety issues needs to be analyzed, and when a solutiuon is found - applied to ensure that the drivers, vehicles and audience is protected from any worst case scenario. This report analyzes the main factors of safety used throughout the ages and studies the main components used in the competitions of today. Given the results, an attempt was made to better understand where remaining safety hazards lie, and also formulate a suggestion of improvement to the found areas. David Chlebek studied the safety mechanisms used between 1950 and 2019, mainly focusing on the vehicle itself and the safety gear used by the drivers, while Gaston Holmström analyzed the circuits, the safety barriers around them and how they have improved over the years. In conclusion, they found that while there have been great strides in the safety development there are still multiple areas of possible improvement. They identified where the most critical areas were and presented ideas on how to enhance the safety there.
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Jowsey, Lydia. "An experimental study of automotive underbody diffusers." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/13646.
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Aerodynamics has always been a driving force in motorsport and road vehicle design and development, and continues to play an important role. A significant advancement in race car aerodynamics was the development of the vehicle underbody to produce downforce, in particular the implementation of the diffuser. This thesis concentrates on the performance flow mechanisms found in simple rear diffusers commonly seen in motorsport applications. There is little published work on these mechanisms, especially the influence of the more commonly used multiple-channel diffusers.
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Kravchenko, Maria, and Igor Nosov. "Motorsport and Sustainability : Case Study of MXStar Team’s Environmental Impact Optimization." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-161795.
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Given paper discusses motocross as a part of motorsport from the viewpoint of sustainabilityand considers continuously growing impact of human activity on the environment.The theoretical framework of this paper is based on the concepts which position motorsport ina context of sustainability at both global and team levels within the borders of systems theory.Training and racing activities of the MXStar team based in Uppsala (Sweden) are described inthe paper from the environmental perspective. Changing of the team’s technical performanceas well as their behavioural models has certain driving and restraining forces that are analyzedin particular in the discussion part of the paper. Recommendations for the MXStar team havebeen developed in accordance with the results of detailed analysis of the team’senvironmental impact.The authors concluded that environmental performance of motocross racing composes fromtechnical and behavioural inputs of each participating team. In order to optimize theenvironmental impact of the motocross each team member has to be innovative in bothperspectives.
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Lambert, Stephen. "Advancing the development of hybrid electric vehicles in motorsport : innovation report." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2013. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/58303/.
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Club motorsport, a low cost, amateur form of motorsport, forms a significant part of the motorsport industry in the United Kingdom. If efforts are not made to move towards more environmentally friendly technologies, then this form of motorsport is at risk of becoming irrelevant. One approach taken by other motorsport sectors has been to implement hybrid electric vehicle technology, which can result in improved vehicle performance on the race track. However, the companies that operate in the club motorsport sector do not typically have the resources and experience necessary to develop these technologies. An innovative process was used to guide the design of a new hybrid electric vehicle drivetrain for use in club motorsport. This process made use of the ability for vehicle manufacturers to set the vehicle specifications in club motorsport. A conjoint analysis of customer requirements was carried out, a first for the industry, and led to the development of a market simulation tool. A vehicle simulation tool was then developed to assist in the evaluation of the hybrid electric drivetrain design options. The result of following this process was a new and innovative hybrid electric drivetrain installed in a Westfield Sportscars Sport Turbo, reducing 0-60mph acceleration time from 5.4 seconds to 3.8 seconds. An innovative type of system control was implemented, by where the driver is given a finite amount of boost energy for use throughout the race. The drivetrain can also be easily transferred to other vehicle platforms, as the first shelf engineered hybrid drivetrain for motorsport, allowing its use by multiple manufacturers across the club motorsport and niche vehicle sectors. This project has shown that it is possible to implement environmentally friendly technologies, such as hybrid electric vehicle technology, into club motorsport and be able to meet customer, technical and cost requirements. The process that has been developed enables innovation in hybrid electric race car design. This has been shown in the development of a hybrid electric vehicle suitable for use, and sale, in the club motorsport industry.
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Parker, Matthew C. "A system for aiding the user assimilation of acquired motorsport data." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2010. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7069.
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A racing car is a complex machine, featuring many adjustable components, used to influence the car's performance and tune it to a circuit, the prevailing conditions and the driver's style. A race team must continually monitor the car's performance and a race engineer communicates with the driver to decide how best to optimise the car as well as how to extract most from the driver himself. Analysis of acquired vehicle performance data is an intrinsic part of this process. This thesis presents an investigation into methods to aid the motorsport user's assimilation of acquired vehicle performance data. The work was directly prompted by personal experience and published opinion. These both find that the full potential of acquired data in motorsport is seldom realised, primarily because of the time available to analyse data with the resources available to a racing team. A complete solution including data management methods and visualisation tools was conceived here as a means of addressing these issues. This work focuses on part of the overall solution concept; the development of a visualisation application giving the user a detailed and realistic three-dimensional replay of a data set. The vehicle s motion is recreated from acquired data through a kinematic vehicle model driven by measured damper and ride height data. Ground displacement is computed from wheel speed and accelerometer measurements as well as a new optical sensor approach aiming to achieve better accuracy. This implements a two dimensional auto-correlation of doubly exposed ground images, calibrated to distance on the basis of an integrated ride height measurement. Three sensor units are used to allow not only displacement but also heading data to be derived. The result of the work described in this thesis is the proof of principle of both a display and sensor system, both of which were deemed worthy of further study and development to fully meet the demands of the motorsport application. The visualisation tool presented a new and applicable method of viewing acquired data, whilst the sensor was proven as a new method of deriving vehicle position data, from potentially low cost hardware.
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Laffi, Francesco. "Studio della produzione di componenti meccanici per la vettura Unibo Motorsport." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/6370/.
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Dal 2010 al 2012 ho fatto parte del team UniBo Motorsport, che partecipa alle competizioni di Formula SAE, una categoria di vetture monoposto a ruote scoperte con cilindrata fino a 610cm^3, interamente progettate e costruite da studenti universitari, valutati non solo per le prestazioni dinamiche della vettura ma anche su prove statiche legate agli aspetti progettuali, economici e gestionali.
Nel team ho curato i servizi IT e le prove statiche "Presentation Event", una simulazione di business plan per una nuova impresa automotive legata al prototipo, e "Cost & Manufacturing Analysis Event", un'analisi dei costi e della produzione attraverso una distinta base di produzione della vettura. In particolare nel 2012 sono stato responsabile della distinta base, introducendo importanti strumenti ed ottimizzazioni per semplificare la redazione ed ottenere migliori risultati. Nel 2013 ho fornito consulenza ai membri del team che ora seguono il lavoro.
A partire da questa esperienza ho deciso di sviluppare la tesi sul tema della gestione della distinta base di produzione, spiegando nel dettaglio i cambiamenti apportati, le motivazioni e i risultati ottenuti.
Prendo inoltre in esame alcuni componenti meccanici della vettura, sia per esemplificare la redazione della distinta base, che per alcuni aspetti interessanti di questi componenti: le ruote foniche, per cui sono disponibili molti dettagli sulle fasi di produzione, i rocker delle sospensioni e la corona monoblocco, di cui è stata considerata la produzione da parte di fornitori asiatici oltre che locali con vari preventivi disponibili per il confronto dei diversi mercati.
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Rubbini, Nicolò. "Design and implementation of a portable HIL test system for motorsport applications." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.
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The aim of this thesis is to highlight the development of a custom Hardware In the Loop (HIL) testbench capable of simulating some of the more important signals coming from the vehicle (and in particular the ICE). The signals are fed to an Engine Control Unit in order to validate various strategies such as display alerts and traction control. This work presents the progress made during an internship at Dallara Automobili between May and November 2021
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Zampolini, Federico. "Sistema di accumulo ad alta densità per un prototipo di MotoStudent Electric." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.
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L’obiettivo di questo documento è illustrare quali siano stati i metodi di studio, le soluzioni adottate ed i risultati ottenuti durante la progettazione del sistema di accumulo per il prototipo di motocicletta da corsa elettrica “Alpha Leonis”, con cui la squadra corse dell’Università di Bologna UniBo Motorsport ha partecipato alla V edizione del campionato mondiale studentesco MotoStudent.
Inizialmente verrà descritto il contesto della competizione e verranno analizzati i vincoli regolamentari che influiscono sulla realizzazione del componente in oggetto. In seguito verrà mostrata la vera e propria fase di progettazione nella quale, dopo aver effettuato prove di caratterizzazione sulla singola cella, sono stati realizzati gli elementi strutturali ed i sistemi di controllo e monitoraggio. La parola d’ordine in questa fase è “motorsport”, che raccoglie in sé la volontà di creare un componente tecnologicamente all’avanguardia che, oltre a garantire l’autonomia necessaria, ottimizzi il laptime e porti il prototipo in testa alla classifica. È questo il motivo per cui il sistema di accumulo descritto nella seguente trattazione viene definito come “ad alta densità”, ossia con target di energia e potenza per unità di massa superiori alle alternative commerciali attualmente disponibili sul mercato.
Infine, per verificare la qualità e l’efficacia del lavoro svolto, verranno descritti i test sul banco a rulli ed in pista che hanno dimostrato il corretto funzionamento del componente e che sono stati sfruttati per completare l’ottimizzazione del sistema di controllo in vista dell’evento finale ad Aragòn Motorland.
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Kesak, Jessica, and Louise Moberg. "Scandinavian Raceway : En undersökning om en sportattraktions påverkan på ett samhälle." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-49316.
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Att ha förståelse för de ekonomiska, sociala och miljömässiga effekterna turismutveckling kan ha på ett samhälle är viktigt för att kunna ta kloka beslut och undvika eventuella bakslag. Syftet med studien var att göra en samhällsanalys av de samhällseffekter en sportattraktion kan ge. Fallet som undersöktes var Scandinavian Raceway, en motorbana i Anderstorp. Den data undersökningen baserades på erhölls genom datatriangulering. Tre enkätundersökningar samt två intervjuer genomfördes under november månad 2015. Undersökningen visade att Gislaveds kommun hade gynnats socioekonomiskt på många vis av en utveckling av sportattraktionen. Framförallt genom ökad ekonomisk aktivitet i kommunen så som ett ökat antal företag och arbetsmöjligheter. Samt att Gislaveds kommun hade blivit en mer attraktiv plats att bo och leva på. Däremot hade närmiljön blivit lidande till viss del då motorsport genererar höga ljudnivåer och koldioxidutsläpp.
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Schobert, Friedrich. "Motorradhersteller als Sponsoren im Motorsport eine kognitionspsychologische Analyse des Imagetransfers in der MotoGP." Hamburg Kovač, 2007. http://d-nb.info/987693360/04.
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Schobert, Friedrich. "Motorradhersteller als Sponsoren im Motorsport : eine kognitionspsychologische Analyse des Imagetransfers in der MotoGP /." Hamburg : Kovač, 2008. http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-3659-3.htm.
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Grant-Braham, Bruce. "An investigation into motorsport sponsorship : a comparative analysis of two and four wheeled sponsorship." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2009. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/12329/.
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The prime objective of the research is to establish why commercial sponsors use motor sport as an element of their marketing communications. A comparison has been undertaken between car and bike racing, as represented by Formula One and MotoGp, to establish any differences in approach. The initial historical element of the research revealed that motor sport had been sponsored by vehicle manufacturers since the origins of the petrol combustion engine in the late 19th century. Any suggestion that sponsorship of motor sport is a recent, late 20th century science has been dispelled. The investigation found that the sponsors of top level car racing place major importance on achieving awareness for their brands through media exposure, particularly television. This aim is shared by motorcycle racing sponsors too and a common model is identified. Where motor cycle racing is specifically concerned the research established that there is an almost identical approach to the usage and application of sponsorship to that in car racing. The only difference being that the wider commercialisation of F1, in which brands outside those intimately involved with automotive industries have made use of motor sport sponsorship, has been around for longer than that in motorcycle racing. The motorcycle sponsors have therefore taken slightly longer to reach the same level of marketing sophistication in a sport which is recognized as having less money overall. The research reveals that the most important element of the business plan for both types of motor sport relies largely on a business model linked to global television audiences. Such audiences are seen as vital in generating awareness of sponsors and their products. Such plans provide an entirely relevant platform for the initial steps of the AIDA theory (Awareness; Interest; Desire; Action) of product adoption. The research also identifies that this commonality of approach is not entirely accidental as similar promoters have been involved at the top level of both sports. The research advises that the future of motor sport should continue to involve the application of the latest technologies appropriate to passenger vehicles if it is to continue unhindered. It is suggested that motor sport should become the definitive technological test bed for vehicle propulsion systems that are sustainable and kind to the environment.
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Fanni, Saman, and Fadi Jweda. "Design of carbon fibre composite driveshaft end fittings and adhesive joint for motorsport applications." Thesis, KTH, Hållfasthetslära, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-195648.
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varje ände för applikationer inom motorsport. En ”Single lap” och en ”Double lap” limfogsdesign testades experimentellt i vridning. Designparametrar såsom limtjocklek, limlängd, limbredd, limmets ändgeometri, materialstyvhet och spänningsreduktion hos limfogen undersöktes och en förbättrad limfogsdesign föreslogs. Testproven höll designkriteriats last men gick inte till brott även under testutrustningens maxlast. Vidare beräkningar utfördes med antaganden baserade på ideala förhållanden och resultat från tidigare studier. Beräkningarna visade en betydlig viktminskning följande substitutionen av stål mot kolfiberkomposit i en drivaxel. Med ökad drivaxellängd visade substitutionen till kolfiberkomposit även mer nödvändig i motorsportsapplikationer
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Demers, Jean-Simon. "Racing Heroes and Grieving Widows: A Study of the Representation of Death in Motorsport." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38195.
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Gilles Villeneuve, Ayrton Senna, Greg Moore, Dale Earnhardt. Only four of a number of high-profile race car drivers to have lost their lives taking part in events at the highest levels of motorsport. The aim of the present study is to analyze the coverage of death in high-level motorsport in the printed sports news of La Presse and The Toronto Star in Canada for the 1982 to 2017 period inclusively. Mobilizing the existing literature on risk-taking, namely Lyng’s concept of edgework, as well as Hall’s work on representation, a thematic analysis of a sample of sports news articles (N=488) was conducted. Three main themes emerged from the analysis. The discussion surrounding motorsport fatalities revolved around the individual (the deceased driver), the social aspect of the death (primarily the family members left behind), and journalistic practices (how to cover death). In conclusion, the coverage of death in motorsport was found to be an instance where the athlete is heroized and sometimes revered even decades after their death. In this aspect, the figure of Gilles Villeneuve remains pivotal to motorsport discussions in Canada, even to this day. It also was found that sports journalists, through their coverage of deadly accidents, enact the traditional roles of the journalist in offering social criticism of their subject matter to their readers, and that motorsport drivers enact a highly specific type of masculinity when practicing their sport.
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Terenzi, Marco. "Additive manufacturing e ottimizzazione topologica: massimizzare le prestazioni di una pinza freno per applicazioni motorsport." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/18930/.
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I veicoli ad alte prestazioni sono soggetti ad elevati carichi per piccoli intervalli di tempo. Questo comporta diverse criticità sulle componenti che costituiscono la vettura: una di queste è la pinza freno. Al fine di renderla performante è necessario il possesso di due proprietà.
In primo luogo, la pinza freno deve essere il più leggera possibile poiché essa conferisce un'inerzia nella risposta della sospensione del veicolo, procurando il distacco dello pneumatico dal suolo e causando perdita di aderenza.
In secondo luogo, è necessario contenere le deformazioni della pinza freno garantendo un determinato feeling per il pilota.
Il compito del progettista è ottimizzare questi due parametri che hanno effetti antitetici. Questa difficoltà porta il progettista a creare design molto complessi per raggiungere l’ottimale e non sempre le geometrie ottenute sono realizzabili con tecnologie convenzionali.
Questo studio riguarda il miglioramento prestazionale di una pinza freno costruita con una lega di alluminio 7075-T6 e lavorato dal pieno. Gli obbiettivi sono quello di produrre il nuovo corpo in titanio TI6Al4V, dal momento che le temperature di esercizio portano a grandi decadute di caratteristiche meccaniche dell’alluminio, contenere il più possibile la massa a fronte dell’aumento di densità di materiale e ovviamente limitare le deformazioni.
Al fine di ottenere gli obbiettivi prefissati sono utilizzati metodi agli elementi finiti in diverse fasi della progettazione: per acquisire una geometria di partenza (ottimizzazione topologica) e per la validazione delle geometrie ottenute.
Le geometrie ricavate tramite l’ottimizzazione topologica devono essere ricostruite tramite software CAD affinché possano essere ingegnerizzate. Durante la modellazione è necessario valutare quale tecnologia è più vantaggiosa per produrre il componente. In questo caso studio si utilizza un processo di addizione di materiale, più specificatamente una tecnica Selective Laser Melting (SLM).
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Valeský, Tomáš. "Grand Prix České Republiky." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-215814.
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Růžička, Bronislav. "Analytické metody v motorsportu." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-234156.
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This dissertation is focused on proposal for simplified data analyze approach for sport-car vehicle dynamic evaluation with relationship to possibility for qualified estimation of set-up parameters influence for overall vehicle performance. In common practice can be usual overlapping effect caused by concurrent changes of car setup elements if performed in the same moment with resulting in not correct or hardly definable process determination for evaluation and decision about next steps in car development. For analyze of these multidimensional data is then chosen process with approach by Linear Regression Model (LRM). In dissertation is proposed basic philosophy with concern on specificity of car vehicle dynamics, performed experiment with defined inputs including analyze and interpretation method of obtained outputs. This methodic take into account also possibility for general application of multidimensional data analyses not only in motorsport, but as well for dynamic behavior diagnostics of technical systems where finding of optimal running condition depends on multi-parametric setup whose combination must reflect often changes of outer conditions too.
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Kulzer, Pedro Manuel Casal. "Novel hardware and software combination for automotive motorsport vehicles based on direct processing of graphical functions." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/14093.
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Doutoramento em Engenharia EletrónicaThe main motivation for the work presented here began with previously conducted experiments with a programming concept at the time named "Macro". These experiments led to the conviction that it would be possible to build a system of engine control from scratch, which could eliminate many of the current problems of engine management systems in a direct and intrinsic way. It was also hoped that it would minimize the full range of software and hardware needed to make a final and fully functional system. Initially, this paper proposes to make a comprehensive survey of the state of the art in the specific area of software and corresponding hardware of automotive tools and automotive ECUs. Problems arising from such software will be identified, and it will be clear that practically all of these problems stem directly or indirectly from the fact that we continue to make comprehensive use of extremely long and complex "tool chains". Similarly, in the hardware, it will be argued that the problems stem from the extreme complexity and inter-dependency inside processor architectures. The conclusions are presented through an extensive list of "pitfalls" which will be thoroughly enumerated, identified and characterized. Solutions will also be proposed for the various current issues and for the implementation of these same solutions. All this final work will be part of a "proof-of-concept" system called "ECU2010". The central element of this system is the before mentioned "Macro" concept, which is an graphical block representing one of many operations required in a automotive system having arithmetic, logic, filtering, integration, multiplexing functions among others. The end result of the proposed work is a single tool, fully integrated, enabling the development and management of the entire system in one simple visual interface. Part of the presented result relies on a hardware platform fully adapted to the software, as well as enabling high flexibility and scalability in addition to using exactly the same technology for ECU, data logger and peripherals alike. Current systems rely on a mostly evolutionary path, only allowing online calibration of parameters, but never the online alteration of their own automotive functionality algorithms. By contrast, the system developed and described in this thesis had the advantage of following a "clean-slate" approach, whereby everything could be rethought globally. In the end, out of all the system characteristics, "LIVE-Prototyping" is the most relevant feature, allowing the adjustment of automotive algorithms (eg. Injection, ignition, lambda control, etc.) 100% online, keeping the engine constantly working, without ever having to stop or reboot to make such changes. This consequently eliminates any "turnaround delay" typically present in current automotive systems, thereby enhancing the efficiency and handling of such systems.
A principal motivação para o trabalho que conduziu a esta tese residiu na constatação de que os actuais métodos de modelação de centralinas automóveis conduzem a significativos problemas de desenvolvimento e manutenção. Como resultado dessa constatação, o objectivo deste trabalho centrou-se no desenvolvimento de um conceito de arquitectura que rompe radicalmente com os modelos state-of-the-art e que assenta num conjunto de conceitos que vieram a ser designados de "Macro" e "Celular ECU". Com este modelo pretendeu-se simultaneamente minimizar a panóplia de software e de hardware necessários à obtenção de uma sistema funcional final. Inicialmente, esta tese propõem-se fazer um levantamento exaustivo do estado da arte na área específica do software e correspondente hardware das ferramentas e centralinas automóveis. Os problemas decorrentes de tal software serão identificados e, dessa identificação deverá ficar claro, que praticamente todos esses problemas têm origem directa ou indirecta no facto de se continuar a fazer um uso exaustivo de "tool chains" extremamente compridas e complexas. De forma semelhante, no hardware, os problemas têm origem na extrema complexidade e inter-dependência das arquitecturas dos processadores. As consequências distribuem-se por uma extensa lista de "pitfalls" que também serão exaustivamente enumeradas, identificadas e caracterizadas. São ainda propostas soluções para os diversos problemas actuais e correspondentes implementações dessas mesmas soluções. Todo este trabalho final faz parte de um sistema "proof-of-concept" designado "ECU2010". O elemento central deste sistema é o já referido conceito de “Macro”, que consiste num bloco gráfico que representa uma de muitas operações necessárias num sistema automóvel, como sejam funções aritméticas, lógicas, de filtragem, de integração, de multiplexagem, entre outras. O resultado final do trabalho proposto assenta numa única ferramenta, totalmente integrada que permite o desenvolvimento e gestão de todo o sistema de forma simples numa única interface visual. Parte do resultado apresentado assenta numa plataforma hardware totalmente adaptada ao software, bem como na elevada flexibilidade e escalabilidade, para além de permitir a utilização de exactamente a mesma tecnologia quer para a centralina, como para o datalogger e para os periféricos. Os sistemas actuais assentam num percurso maioritariamente evolutivo, apenas permitindo a calibração online de parâmetros, mas nunca a alteração online dos próprios algoritmos das funcionalidades automóveis. Pelo contrário, o sistema desenvolvido e descrito nesta tese apresenta a vantagem de seguir um "clean-slate approach", pelo que tudo pode ser globalmente repensado. No final e para além de todas as restantes características, o “LIVE-PROTOTYPING” é a funcionalidade mais relevante, ao permitir alterar algoritmos automóveis (ex: injecção, ignição, controlo lambda, etc.) de forma 100% online, mantendo o motor constantemente a trabalhar e sem nunca ter de o parar ou re-arrancar para efectuar tais alterações. Isto elimina consequentemente qualquer "turnaround delay" tipicamente presente em qualquer sistema automóvel actual, aumentando de forma significativa a eficiência global do sistema e da sua utilização.
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Gustafsson, Malte. "Skandinavisk motocross : En jämförelse kring synen på barn- och ungdomsutveckling." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104779.
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Syftet med studie är att undersöka hur de skandinaviska länderna och dess specialidrottsförbund ser på barn- och ungdomsutveckling inom motocross samt hur detta kan förstås. Detta har genomförts med hjälp av en dokumentanalys och de dokument som förbunden har publicerade på respektives webbsida. I studien framgår det att förbunden använder sig av olika koncept för att utveckla talangfulla förare. Det presenteras likheter och skillnader i respektive lands syn på idrott och att uppbyggnaden av idrotten i respektive land har en inverkan på barn- och ungdomsutvecklingen. Det presenteras även att förbundens insatser är relativt lik den linje kring hur landet vill att idrotten ska bedrivas.The purpose of the study is to investigate how the Scandinavian countries and its special sports federations view child- and youth development in motocross, as well as how this can be understood. This has been carried out using a content analysis and the documents published by the federations on their website. The study shows that the federations uses different concepts to develop talented drivers. Similarities and differences are presented in each country's view of sport and that the construction of sport in each country has an impact on the child- and youth development. It is also presented that the efforts of the federations are relatively similar to the line on how the country wants sport to be conducted.
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Källberg, Lisa. "Motorsportens normer och ideal : En studie om racing över tiden." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-86138.
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The purpose of this study is to review the norms and ideals within the area of motorsports. The main focus is within circuit racing and particularly Formula one, WEC, World Endurance Championship, and the Le Mans 24h race. Furthermore, the ambition is to examine culture within the sports as well as what it will take to reach a professional level as a driver in a major racing series. A total of three (3) interviews have been conducted to further deepen the question at issue. Alongside the interviews, two (2) observations has been executed internationally to study the theories on site of racing events. The gathered material has since been analyzed and two perspectives have emerged: The image of the sport; and the image of the driver. From the two (2) perspectives, we can derive more subordinate perspectives. Derived from the image of the sport the following perspectives arose: danger and rivalry. From the image of the driver the following three perspectives can be procured; the vulnerable driver, the perfectionist as well as the (un)healthy driver. The result is pointing to a sport in constant alteration. From the incipient events of motorsport leading up to present, there has been a substantial development both within the sport itself as well as from a driver perspective. As the sport evolved from notoriously dangerous and potentially lethal to relatively safe, other elements have emerged and become major factors such as individualism, rivalry and politics. With a larger commercialization and professionalization, the demands of the driver have increased substantially. The driver needs to be more complete than ever, both on the track as well as off the track.
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Skeete, Jean-Paul. "Motorsport and autonomous vehicles : examining the EU's regulatory framework for energy-efficient innovation (EEI) in the automotive industry." Thesis, University of York, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19758/.
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This thesis examines the regulation of innovation and sociotechnical transitions within the European automotive sector, as they relate to energy-efficient innovations (EEI) in the aftermath of the 2008 global economic crisis. Energy-efficient innovation is a technological solution, which offers a way to decouple mobility from harmful greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and has become a key problem-solving framework. These innovations also require stringent regulations and market-based incentives to influence automakers and other production firms to develop cleaner vehicles and technologies. This thesis format is one that incorporates publishable papers, and as such, covers the following four subject areas within the automotive industry: • The challenges of regulating EU automotive emissions. • The link between motorsport and ‘low-carbon’ innovations in passenger cars. • A theoretical argument for established automakers as ‘radical’ innovators. • The early disruptive effects of connected and autonomous vehicles (AVs). This research seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of sustainable sociotechnical transitions, through the examination of government interventions via policy instruments, meant to incentivize R&D within private firms, and result society’s adoption of new technologies. This thesis also seeks to better explain the dynamics of disruptive innovation, and its impact on society and the economy. Understanding the processes of sociotechnical change at the sectoral level not only enables better policy design and policy outcomes, but also facilitates more accurate assessments when evaluating the implications of future sociotechnical transitions. The findings in this thesis are also timely, as they provide future researchers with additional resources to consider, as the global automotive industry prepares once more to undergo several significant transformations.
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Papadopoulos, Ioannis. "Návrh marketingové strategie vybrané organizace." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-386753.
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Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na vypracování návrhu marketingové strategie vybrané organizace. Určuje, jaké jsou klíčové prvky pro vybudování marketingové strategie pro tým Formula Student s důrazem na inovaci v tomto odvětví motoristického sportu. Diplomová práce je rozdělena na tři části. První část se zabývá teoretickými poznatky a důležitými pojmi z oblasti marketingu, druhá část obsahuje základní informace o formulovém týmu a analýzu současného stavu. Poslední část obsahuje návrhy pro formulový tým TU Brno Racing.
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Vezzosi, Riccardo. "Progettazione di mozzi ruota per vettura da formula SAE." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/5993/.
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Tambini, Alberto. "Analisi della fattibilità di un forcellone ed un telaio motociclistici mediante tecniche di fabbricazione addittiva." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.
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La seguente tesi tratta della progettazione di un forcellone ed un telaio motociclistici da realizzarsi mediante tecniche di fabbricazione additiva.
Del forcellone, appartenente alla moto Alpha Leonis del team UniBo Motorsport, è presentata l'intera storia di progettazione, dall'ottimizzazione topologica alla realizzazione.
Del telaio, è presentata un'analisi di fattibilità in ottica additive manufacturing, con obiettivo la riduzione del peso e l’integrazione del componente in esame con altri elementi strutturali.
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Coco, Massimiliano. "Progettazione di un riduttore epicicloidale per applicazione FSAE Electric." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020.
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Il presente elaborato descrive le fasi di progettazione di un riduttore epicicloidale per una vettura elettrica partecipante alla competizione FSAE. Dopo una breve introduzione sulla competizione e sui dati di progetto, il lavoro si focalizza sul dimensionamento degli ingranaggi. Successivamente, si analizzano le fasi di progettazione della struttura del riduttore e relative simulazioni con il metodo degli elementi finiti. L'elaborato si conclude con la progettazione delle correzioni micrometriche dei denti.
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Signorelli, Marco. "Progetto e Costruzione del Telaio di Vettura Formula SAE: Parte Anteriore." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/2055/.
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Nel presente elaborato viene riassunta in 4 brevi capitoli la mia
attività di tesi, svolta nell’ambito del progetto Formula SAE®
dell’Università di Bologna nell’anno 2010. Il progetto ha consistito
nella realizzazione di una vettura monoposto, con l’obiettivo di far
competere la stessa negli eventi previsti dalla SAE® (Society of
Automotive Engineer), insieme alle vetture progettate e costruite da
altri atenei di tutto il mondo. In tali eventi, una serie di giudici del
settore auto-motive valuta la bontà del progetto, ovvero della vettura,
che sarà sottoposta ad una serie di prove statiche e dinamiche.
Nella seguente trattazione si narra quindi il percorso progettuale e di
realizzazione del telaio della vettura, ovvero della sua struttura
portante principale. Il progetto infatti, nell’ambito del team UniBo
Motorsport, mi ha visto impegnato come “Responsabile Telaio” oltre
che come “Responsabile in Pista” durante le prove su strada della
vettura, svolte a valle della realizzazione.
L’obbiettivo principale di un telaio di vettura da corsa è quello di
realizzare una struttura che colleghi rigidamente tra loro i gruppi
sospensivi anteriore e posteriore e che preveda anche la possibilità di
ancorare tutti i componenti dei sistemi ausiliari di cui la vettura deve
essere equipaggiata.
Esistono varie tipologie di telai per autovettura ma quelle più adatte ad
equipaggiare una vettura da competizione di tipo Formula, sono
sicuramente il traliccio in tubi (“space frame”) e la monoscocca in fibra
di carbonio. Il primo è sicuramente quello più diffuso nell’ambito della
Formula Student grazie alla sua maggior semplicità progettuale e
realizzativa ed ai minor investimenti economici che richiede.
I parametri fondamentali che caratterizzano un telaio vettura da
competizione sono sicuramente la massa e la rigidezza. La massa
dello chassis deve essere ovviamente il più bassa possibile in quanto
quest, costituisce generalmente il terzo contributo più importante dopo
pilota e motore alla massa complessiva del veicolo. Quest’ultimo deve
essere il più leggero possibile per avere un guidabilità ed una
performance migliori nelle prove dinamiche in cui dovrà impegnarsi.
Per quanto riguarda la rigidezza di un telaio, essa può essere distinta
in rigidezza flessionale e rigidezza torsionale: di fatto però, solo la
rigidezza torsionale va ad influire sui carichi che si trasferiscono agli pneumatici della vettura, pertanto quando si parla di rigidezza di un
telaio, ci si riferisce alla sua capacità di sopportare carichi di tipo
torsionale. Stabilire a priori un valore adeguato per la rigidezza
torsionale di un telaio è impossibile. Tale valore dipende infatti dal tipo
di vettura e dal suo impiego. In una vettura di tipo Formula quale
quella oggetto del progetto, la rigidezza torsionale del telaio deve
essere tale da garantire un corretto lavoro delle sospensioni: gli unici
cedimenti elastici causati dalle sollecitazioni dinamiche della vettura
devono essere quelli dovuti agli elementi sospensivi (ammortizzatori).
In base a questo, come indicazione di massima, si può dire che un
valore di rigidezza adeguato per un telaio deve essere un multiplo
della rigidezza totale a rollio delle sospensioni.
Essendo questo per l’Università di Bologna il primo progetto
nell’ambito della Formula SAE® e non avendo quindi a disposizione
nessun feed-back da studi o vetture di anni precedenti, per collocare
in modo adeguato il pilota all’interno della vettura, in ottemperanza
anche con i requisiti di sicurezza dettati dal regolamento, si è deciso
insieme all’esperto di ergonomia del team di realizzare una maquette
fisica in scala reale dell’abitacolo. Questo ha portato all’individuazione
della corretta posizione del pilota e al corretto collocamento dei
comandi, con l’obbiettivo di massimizzare la visibilità ed il confort di
guida della vettura.
Con questo primo studio quindi è stata intrapresa la fase progettuale
vera e propria del telaio, la quale si è svolta in modo parallelo ma
trasversale a quella di tutti gli altri sistemi principali ed ausiliari di cui
è equipaggiata la vettura. In questa fase fortemente iterativa si vanno
a cercare non le soluzioni migliori ma quelle “meno peggio”: la coperta
è sempre troppo corta e il compromesso la fa da padrone.
Terminata questa fase si è passati a quella realizzativa che ha avuto
luogo presso l’azienda modenese Marchesi & C. che fin dal 1965 si è
occupata della realizzazione di telai da corsa per importanti aziende
del settore automobilistico.
Grazie al preziosissimo supporto dell’azienda, a valle della
realizzazione, è stato possibile condurre una prova di rigidezza sul
telaio completo della vettura. Questa, oltre a fornire il valore di
rigidezza dello chassis, ha permesso di identificare le sezioni della
struttura più cedevoli, fornendo una valida base di partenza per
l’ottimizzazione di telai per vetture future.
La vettura del team UniBo Motorsport ha visto il suo esordio
nell’evento italiano della Formula SAE® tenutosi nel circuito di Varano
de Melegari nella prima settimana di settembre, chiudendo con un
ottimo 16esimo posto su un totale di 55 partecipanti.
Il team ha partecipato inoltre alla Formula Student Spain tenutasi sul
famoso circuito di Montmelò alla fine dello stesso mese, raggiungendo
addirittura il podio con il secondo posto tra i 18 partecipanti.
La stagione si chiude quindi con due soli eventi all’attivo della vettura,
ma con un notevole esordio ed un ottimo secondo posto assoluto.
L’ateneo di Bologna si inserisce al sessantasettesimo posto nella
classifica mondiale, come seconda università italiana.
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Marconi, Stefano. "Le sospensioni della vettura FSAE 2010." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/2054/.
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Gordon, Brett Ryan. "Behind the Visor: A Qualitative Exploration of the Psychological Skills of Formula One Race Car Drivers." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/315738.
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KinesiologyM.S.
This qualitative study examined the psychological demands of Formula One Racing, and the psychological skills former Formula One drivers utilized to meet those demands. The participants were nine former drivers, from six different countries, who have competed in at least one Formula One World Drivers Championship grand prix. The qualitative data were gathered using a semi-structured interview framework, developed by the researcher, to explore the psychological skills established from other validated psychological skills questionnaires, such as the Test of Performance Strategies, (Thomas, Murphy, & Hardy, 1999). Eight of the interviews were done via Skype, and one interview was performed in person. The interviews were transcribed verbatim, and then sent to the participants to make any edits or corrections. Once the transcriptions were approved, the data were coded by the researcher using constant comparative methods as described in Charmaz (2006). Three phases of coding resulted in four themes and 14 sub-themes. The themes that emerged include: (1) Applied Sport Psychology in Formula One, (2) Psychological Skills, (3) Uncontrollable Aspects of Competition, (4) Career Components. Drivers used various psychological skills in a focused effort to aid their performance. Drivers discussed the important role psychology plays in their sport, and the psychological resources available to them during their career. Drivers discussed the danger element of their competition, and how they and their competitors managed the fear associated with racing. The drivers in this study competed in an era that was much more dangerous than the current era of Formula One racing (Barnes, 2013). The drivers' use of psychological skills, and perceptions of sport psychology, may guide consultants working with race car drivers and those working with other populations that have similar psychological and physical demands.
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Gallo, Gaetano. "Impact of 48V E/E systems in Hybrid Racing Cars." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.
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In this work, the possible benefits and drawbacks of 48 Volt E/E systems in MotorSport will be analyzed.
MotorSport has always been a lauchpad for new technologies, and in recent years the necessity to increase the electrical power on cars has become a key study topic.
Increasing the voltage level is one possible solution to mitigate the downsides of increased power.
In this dissertation the technologies currently available on the market will be analyzed, with a focus on 48 Volt systems that are already deployed on hybrid vehicles.
Subsequently, a real racing car E/E architecture will be analyzed and the impact of an installation of a 48 Volt system will be evaluated.
There follows a discussion on vehicle power supply technologies that are already available and the challenges of the supply systems for the future, ending with a set of simulations and considerations about the power supply system of the car under
evaluation.
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Patassa, Stefano. "Progettazione del sistema di controllo di una vettura di formula sae." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/7363/.
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Il seguente lavoro di tesi è finalizzato alla realizzazione dell’elettronica di controllo per una vettura prototipo,
Nel Capitolo 1 della tesi viene descritto più nel dettaglio il progetto Formula SAE, introducendo gli aspetti peculiari della competizione; successivamente segue una breve descrizione del team UniBo Motorsport.
Il Capitolo 2 descrive l’elettronica implementata nella stagione 2013 evidenziandone i punti di forza e le debolezze al fine di poter trarre delle conclusioni per comprendere la direzione intrapresa con questo lavoro di tesi.
Nel Capitolo 3 viene presentata la soluzione proposta,motivandone le scelte e la necessità di suddividere il lavoro in più unità distinte, mantenendo le peculiarità tecniche del già eccellente lavoro effettuato nel corso degli anni da chi mi ha preceduto ed aggiungendo quelle funzionalità che permettono di mantenere la soluzione in una posizione dominante nel panorama della Formula Student.
La progettazione dell’hardware che compone la soluzione proposta è descritta nel Capitolo 4, introducendo dapprima la metodologia adottata per la progettazione partendo dalle specifiche fino ad arrivare al prodotto finito ed in seguito ne viene descritta l’applicazione ad ogni unità oggetto del lavoro. Sono state progettate da zero tre unità: una centralina di controllo motore (ECU), una di controllo veicolo (VCU) ed un controller lambda per la gestione di sonde UEGO. Un aiuto fondamentale nella progettazione di queste tre unità è stato dato da Alma Automotive, azienda che fin dal principio ha supportato, anche economicamente, le varie evoluzioni dell’hardware e del software della vettura.
Infine viene descritto nel capitolo 5 il software che verrà eseguito sulle unità di controllo, ponendo particolare risalto al lavoro di adattamento che si è reso necessario per riutilizzare il software in uso negli anni precedenti.
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Filgasová, Tereza. "Elizabeth - Muzeum Motorsportu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227782.
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Diploma thesis, that cover project documentation of building part of the new build museum of motosport. The object include two above grand floors without basement. Ground plan consist of four mutually adjacent rectangles. On the first floor is an exhibicion space of the museum. Second floor provides space for the administrative part of museum. The building is covered with a flat green roof and is designed as a reinforced concrete skeleton. The facade is composed of the curtaim wall
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Chiloiro, Giuseppe Marco. "Virtual coach for super sports cars: a possible AI application." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.
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The dream of the human being has always been to reach the perfection.
This is true for life in general, but also for sports competitions including motorsport.
In car racing, the optimum is represented by the perfect lap, performed by the driver in the minimum possible time, following the ideal race line with the appropriate velocity.
However, due to the intrinsic nature of human being this is unfeasible and the only way to get as close as possible to the perfection is to rely on technology and artificial intelligence.
Focusing on motorsport, the actual knowledge of vehicle dynamics and the development of optimization techniques can help in reaching great improvements in terms of race performance.
This is exactly the objective of this thesis in which the implementation of a virtual coach for super sports cars has been carried out, in order to provide useful suggestions to the driver during and after the performance.
In particular, the algorithm on which the virtual coach is based, computes the ideal race line and the optimal velocity in every point, giving also an accurate estimation of the best reachable lap time.
The virtual coach is able to adapt to each super sports car and circuit, since the vehicle and racetrack models are generated starting from the physical parameters introduced by the user as inputs to the algorithm.
The optimization of the race line is performed by solving the minimum lap time problem through the optimal control theory and the optimal velocity is computed for each point of the ideal trajectory.
After the first lap, the algorithm associates the driver to a category level and shows which are the sectors of the circuit where a higher improvement is possible, adapting the targets in terms of lap time and velocity to the driver’s capabilities and allowing a step by step improving of the performances.
The algorithm has been tested on a large variety of vehicles and circuits, providing accurate results in terms of ideal race lines and velocities.
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Fabrizi, Steven. "Progettazione aerodinamica delle pance laterali di una vettura di Formula SAE." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.
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L’obiettivo di questo elaborato di tesi è illustrare quali siano stati i metodi di studio e le soluzioni adottate nello sviluppo delle pance impiegate sulla monoposto da Formula SAE® UBM Audace LC, appartenente al team Unibo Motorsport, in preparazione alla stagione di gare 2018.
Dopo una breve introduzione sul campionato di Formula SAE e sul team Unibo Motorsport, sono analizzate le problematiche riscontrate con le pance e l'impianto di raffreddamento utilizzati nella stagione precedente ed è esposto il percorso di studio che ha portato alla produzione delle nuove carenature. Infine, per verificare l’effettivo successo delle operazioni svolte a bordo vettura, sono mostrati i risultati ottenuti tramite simulazioni CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) e successive acquisizioni telemetriche relative all’esercizio dell’autovettura in pista, e come questi siano stati la base per lo sviluppo delle stagioni a seguire.
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Montrone, Marco. "Prevenzione degli infortuni al collo in Formula 1: i benefici dell'HANS." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/20028/.
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L'evoluzione della Formula Uno ha portato la necessità di sviluppare nuovi sistemi di sicurezza per i piloti. Dalla necessità di proteggerne il collo che, in caso di incidente, deve far fronte ad enormi sollecitazioni che causerebbero nei piloti gravi infortuni o addirittura la morte, nasce l'Head and Neck Support (HANS). Dal debutto di questo dispositivo, creato agli inizi degli anni '80 dal dottor Hubbard della Wayne State University, l'HANS ha subìto varie modifiche per raggiungerne le sue massime efficacia ed efficienza, andando anche incontro alle esigenze di comfort dei piloti. Si passa quindi dall'HANS 1 all'HANS 3.1, attraverso numerosi studi effettuati tramite crash test con l'ausilio di un sistema a slitta, capace di generare incidenti con una decelerazione di circa 45G. Grazie agli esiti di questi test, si comincia la sperimentazione nel campionato CART nelle stagioni 2000 e 2001, fino a che, appurati i benefici dell'HANS nell'evitare infortuni, il dispositivo debutta nel 2003 in Formula Uno.
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TURCO, MASSIMILIANO. "Powertrain ibride da competizione: sicurezza, controllo e automatizzazione." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2511484.
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L’applicazione di nuove tecnologie, legate alla ricerca di una riduzione dei problemi riguardo l’impatto ambientale, è un tema ricorrente in diversi ambiti tecnici. Nel campo dei veicoli gli studi volti all’aumento dell’efficienza dei sistemi propulsivi rappresentano uno dei settori di maggiore fermento.
La costante crescita del parco circolante mondiale rende sempre più necessaria la ricerca di una soluzione in grado di diminuire l’impatto ambientale delle vetture e, conseguentemente, i consumi di derivati del petrolio, le cui riserve vanno via via esaurendosi.
Tra le tecnologie più promettenti vi sono sicuramente i veicoli elettrici e ibridi. La diffusione di massa dei primi è legata a problemi economici e infrastrutturali, non sarà infatti possibile costruire veicoli elettrici competitivi finché il prezzo delle batterie non scenderà almeno fino a 500$ al kWh dagli attuali circa 800$. Una volta raggiunta questa soglia, per la quale gli studi di importanti società di consulenza, quali il Boston Consulting Group e Rolland Berger, danno orizzonti temporali di circa 5-7 anni, sarà poi necessario costruire infrastrutture in grado di garantire la ricarica rapida dei pacchi batteria ad alta capacità.
La tecnologia dei sistemi ibridi basati su batterie al litio, rappresenta invece una soluzione attuale, che si avvicina sempre più alla maturità tecnica. I motori elettrici possono raggiungere efficienze nell’ordine del 90% nell’intero range di utilizzo, possono recuperare energia attraverso la funzione di frenata rigenerativa ed essere utilizzati per implementare strategie di power splitting, utili a limitare il consumo di carburante dei motori a combustione interna.
Il settore delle competizioni, per tradizione, ha il ruolo di porsi come avanguardia del settore automobilistico nell’utilizzo delle nuove tecnologie e questa tesi rappresenta la sintesi di un percorso di ricerca e sperimentazione nel campo delle motorizzazioni ibride applicate alle competizioni automobilistiche. Come noto, il settore automotive è contraddistinto da una forte multidisciplinarità e questo aspetto risulta enfatizzato nelle applicazioni trattate all’interno di questo documento. Installare una powertrain ibrida a bordo di una vettura da competizione comporta, infatti, competenze nel campo dell’elettronica e del progetto di controlli, competenze di dinamica del veicolo, di progettazione meccanica e di costruzione dei veicoli terrestri. L’applicazione ai prototipi da competizione accentua ulteriormente la necessità di integrare le competenze del gruppo progettuale, che deve forzatamente fare efficienza per raggiungere risultati rilevanti con budget, tempistiche e organico spesso sottodimensionati.
La trasversalità degli argomenti trattati rappresenta uno degli aspetti fondanti della meccatronica e, per questo motivo, lo studio di powertrain ibride è stato scelto come argomento di ricerca per lo svolgimento di tre percorsi di dottorato e per la stesura delle relative tesi. I tre documenti trattano tre diversi aspetti dello studio e della progettazione dei sistemi ibridi, il primo è dedicato al dimensionamento meccanico ed elettrico dei sistemi con particolare attenzione al progetto di pacchi batterie ad alte prestazioni, il secondo si concentra sulla modellistica necessaria al progetto di un sistema ibrido, sul lavoro di calibrazione e validazione dei modelli e sulle attività di sperimentazione e sviluppo degli stessi. Questo documento è invece dedicato all’elettronica necessaria alla gestione del sistema e al progetto di un controllo che ne automatizzi il funzionamento e ne garantisca la sicurezza.
Al fine di contestualizzare e introdurre i progetti trattati, sono stati redatti dei capitoli comuni ai tre documenti che riassumono i risultati congiunti del lavoro dei tre autori attraverso la descrizione dei sistemi realizzati e dei risultati raggiunti.
Per necessità di sintesi si è, infatti, deciso di focalizzare l’attenzione su due applicazioni pratiche, una piccola monoposto per competizioni studentesche di Formula Hybrid, la Sc08h, e una vettura gran Turismo su base Ferrari progettata per concorrere alla 24 ore del Nurburgring, la P4/5 Competizione.
Il campo di applicazione descritto pone delle limitazioni alla divulgazione di alcune informazioni come, ad esempio, le caratteristiche di alcuni componenti sperimentali ma, allo stesso tempo, consente l’opportunità di vedere realizzato il risultato del lavoro di ricerca ed il privilegio di validare e verificare le ipotesi e le assunzioni formulate in fase progettuale.
Il profondo connotato applicativo del lavoro di ricerca rende molto semplice evidenziarne gli obiettivi:
- Indagare e consolidare le migliori pratiche relative alla progettazione di veicoli ibridi;
- Realizzazione e validazione della modellistica atta a guidare il dimensionamento di powertrain ibride;
- Valutare le effettive prestazioni delle tecnologie oggi disponibili sul mercato.
Il contributo scientifico di questo lavoro è trasversale a tutti gli obiettivi appena elencati e può essere riassunto nell’intenzione di creare cultura ingegneristica nel campo della progettazione di sistemi ibridi. Come avviene per molte tecnologie giovani, i riferimenti bibliografici relativi alla progettazione pratica di sistemi propulsivi che accoppino motori a combustione interna e motori elettrici sono, a oggi, molto carenti. I tre lavori di tesi presentati vogliono cercare di sopperire alla carenza appena citata attraverso la descrizione approfondita del processo progettuale seguito per realizzare i due sistemi ibridi. La descrizione approfondita della modellistica utilizzata, delle soluzioni tecniche adottate e il processo di validazione e sviluppo possono costituire un punto di partenza interessante per chi debba approcciarsi allo sviluppo di un sistema ibrido. Al fine di rendere effettivamente utilizzabile e migliorabile la strategia progettuale adottata, è stata riservata molta attenzione a particolari pratico-realizzativi che, anche se non strettamente definibili scientificamente rilevanti, rappresentano un importante bagaglio di competenze necessarie all’utilizzo delle tecnologie ibride.
Tralasciando i contenuti del presente capitolo, è possibile elencare brevemente gli argomenti trattati all’interno dei capitoli successivi al fine di rendere chiara e comprensibile la struttura del documento. Il capitolo due descrive le tecnologie utilizzate nel settore delle propulsioni ibride e descrive brevemente le applicazioni nel settore delle competizioni automobilistiche. I capitoli tre e quattro sono dedicati al progetto Sc08h del quale viene dato un approfondito resoconto per lo più orientato alla sicurezza e al controllo. I capitoli cinque e sei parlano del progetto P4/5 Competizione, ne descrivono le caratteristiche e i risultati. È possibile evidenziare una sostanziale continuità tra i capitoli tre, quattro, cinque e sei all’interno dei quali vengono trattati gli stessi argomenti su due progetti diversi e che testimoniano la crescita di competenze nell’arco dei tre anni dedicati alla ricerca nel campo delle trazioni ibride.
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Kubrtová, Zuzana. "Vybrané části stavebně technologického projektu muzea motorsportu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240058.
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In this thesis I will deal with structural and technological preparation ELIZABETH - MUZEUM MOTORSPORTU. As a specific phase of construction, which I will focus, I chose a solution glass facade, designed by Schüco. This is the glass panels mounted in an aluminum frame. My work includes technical report, technological prescription for the installation of facades, design mechanical assemblies, time and financial plan, control plan and test plan.