11/30-12/7

In the last week we have worked on the last presentation and final report. I spent a few hours on the final report working on the abstract, executive summary, and other parts. I did research on previous final reports. I also coordinated with my group to make sure we have everything ready to present to Eric. Eric asked for our 3D model of our new brackets and a CAD image of the bogie making the clearances necessary. I mentioned to the group that we should a little bit more to show, just to help give an idea to show our direction.

Blog #14

Hi,

This week our team worked on presentations and the first draft of the final report. We finally received the PLA filament and will begin printing the brackets as soon as possible. We also fixed a few tiny details and placed four bogies on the track to show clearances. Afterward, we did a FEA on the ALU-6061 corner bends and the PLA U-Brackets. We researched PLA to determine effectiveness of infill percentages as recommended by Michael Kemp. This week, we will be presenting and afterward, we will be talking to Eric, Furman, and Ron about what we have done thus far. We will also be submitting our individual evaluations this week.