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Design and Optimization of a Throttle and Restrictor for Formula SAE

Lindley, Dustin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1346171359

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2012, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering and Applied Science: Mechanical Engineering.
In this thesis, a new throttle and restrictor design for the Univeristy of Cincinnati Formula SAE team, Bearcat Motorsports, is described. The design was chosen based on both computation and experiment, and motivated by real-world data. An inexpensive digital flow bench was developed and produced using a simple microcontroller board. The flow bench was used to evaluate a number of design choices. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was employed at various stages in the design. Simulation was used to evaluate two candidate throttle configurations. An automated optimization tool combining CFD with particle swarm optimization was built and used to produce a number of candidate designs. These design candidates were physically implemented and tested on the flow bench, and the results compared with results from simulation.
Randall Allemang, PhD (Committee Chair)
Shaaban Abdallah, PhD (Committee Member)
Sundararaman Anand, PhD (Committee Member)
98 p.
Engineering
Throttle; Restrictor;

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  • Lindley, D. (2012). Design and Optimization of a Throttle and Restrictor for Formula SAE [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1346171359

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lindley, Dustin. Design and Optimization of a Throttle and Restrictor for Formula SAE. 2012. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1346171359.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lindley, Dustin. "Design and Optimization of a Throttle and Restrictor for Formula SAE." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1346171359

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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