Reverse engineering, CFD analysis push U.S. bobsled team down high-tech design path
(Reverse Engineering, CFD-Analysen pushen das US-Bob-Team auf den High-Tech-Design Pfad)
Company or Organization:
Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, design and mechanical crew for the U.S. Bobsled Team.
Objective:
Improve aerodynamic performance of current U.S. Bobsled Team sled designs with CFD analysis.
Technical challenge:
Capturing the finished bobsleds, which have no native CAD data, and athletes in competition formation.
Solution:
Scanning the two- and four-man sleds and athletes using a combination of the TRITOP photogrammetry system and the Atos IIe bright-light scanner.
Scan data was imported into Geomagic Studio software for automatic surfacing.
Results:
Reverse engineering that would typically take weeks was completed in Geomagic Studio within a few days. Researchers at MIT now have water-tight 3D computer models of the bobsleds and athletes for CFD analysis.
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| Schlagworte: | Bobsport Sportgerät Entwicklung Software dreidimensional Konstruktion Simulation Modellierung Analyse |
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| Notationen: | Trainingswissenschaft Kraft-Schnellkraft-Sportarten Sportstätten und Sportgeräte |
| Veröffentlicht: |
2006
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| Dokumentenarten: | technischer Bericht elektronische Publikation |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Level: | hoch |