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Automobile Racing from A to Z

Automobile Racing from A to Z. Instructor: Dan Metz. Course Outline:. Week 1 : physics concepts Week 2 : engines, transmissions, clutches, axles, fuels Week 3 : suspensions, chassis & tires Week 4 : construction and materials Week 5 : safety, costs and governing bodies

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Automobile Racing from A to Z

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  1. Automobile Racing from A to Z Instructor: Dan Metz

  2. Course Outline: Week 1 : physics concepts Week 2 : engines, transmissions, clutches, axles, fuels Week 3 : suspensions, chassis & tires Week 4 : construction and materials Week 5 : safety, costs and governing bodies Week 6: straight line racing Week 7: circuit racing Week 8: data acquisition, reading lists, places to visit, the racing line, human control performance, unanswered questions

  3. Week 1:physics concepts massacceleration frictionmoment of inertia force torque horsepoweraerodynamic drag centrifugal forcetrack banking the car as a balance beamundersteer and oversteer coastdown testingbraking energy conversion

  4. Week 2:Engines, transmissions, clutches and axles Engines: 4-cycle piston engine basics gas turbine engines Transmissions: manual transmissions & clutches automatic transmissions continuously-variable (CVT) transmissions Axles: spool “differentials” limited slip differentials

  5. Week 3: tires, suspension systems and chassis design Tire characteristics: friction cornering force camber Suspension components: torsion, leaf, coil& air springs shock absorbers kinematic linkages and arrangements Chassis designs body-on-frame monocoque or unibody torsional and bending stiffness

  6. Week 4: construction and materials Basic materials and properties: steel aluminum composites Basic joining techniques: bolting welding glueing baking

  7. Week 5: straight-line racing Drag racing: car characteristics and classes sanctioning body (NHRA, local) track properties Land speed racing: car characteristics and classes sanctioning body (SCTA) track properties

  8. Week 6: circuit racing Autocrossing: local, use your own car, very safe, CCSCS, PCA, etc. Karting: various classes, relatively safe, local to national, inexpen$ive IKA, local karting organizations, etc. Dirt-track racing: varous classes, requires race car, fairly safe, local to national NASCAR, etc. Oval track racing: various classes, requires race car, pretty safe, local to national NASCAR, etc. Road racing: various classes, requires race car, more dangerous, local to national NASCAR, USAC, IMSA, etc.

  9. Week 7: safety, costs, sanctioning bodies Components of safety: car safety performance driver safety equipment track safety performance Costs: personnel equipment & cars travel Sanctioning bodies: certification, inspection, rules enforcement FIA, ACCUS, IndyCar, NHRA, NASCAR, etc.

  10. Week 8: miscellaneous topics Limits on human control performance Identifying the racing line Data acquisition Reading list Places to visit Unanswered questions

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