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Kinetic Energy Harvesting. Weekly Meeting 7 October 29th, 2013. Last Time. Find gear simulation software research Optical tachometer arrived Motor Testing Mullins center turnstile testing Turnstiles were locked up Return Nov 1to retry a test Phys dept did not have force gauges
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Kinetic Energy Harvesting Weekly Meeting 7 October 29th, 2013
Last Time • Find gear simulation software research • Optical tachometer arrived • Motor Testing • Mullins center turnstile testing • Turnstiles were locked up • Return Nov 1to retry a test • Phys dept did not have force gauges • Force/inertia on gear train should be calculated • Back EMF concerns from TA October 22, 2013
Generator Testing -Lower RPMs needed compared to quoted values! October 22, 2013
Simulation Problems • Difficult to model a generator • Can’t find working 2.65V zener models (voltage clamping cap protection) October 22, 2013
Gear Software • It exists • Adams, ANSYS, Solidworks 3D, Cosmosworks, SolidEdge, Catia, VALDYN etc. • https://www.mscsoftware.com/product/adamsmachinery • No price, only “request a quote” • http://www.ricardo.com/en-GB/What-we-do/Software/Products/VALDYN/Gear-Dynamics/ • Free for Formula SAE racing college students • Silux – FREE 2D gear dynamics software • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcdEMz-CiR4 October 22, 2013