Week 13 (Nov 17 - Nov 23)

We have started working on presentations. My teammate and I are also reviewing our calculations for the force analysis on the four-bar tilt mechanism. We have also begun making designs for a mounting system for the cabin. We believe this is needed to properly simulate the suspension system with the cabin. Hopefully, this will show any issues or design constraints that need to be revised.

Week 12 (Nov 9 - Nov 16)

For this week we saw another instructor to talk about how to solve for different forces in a moving system. We want to make sure we did the right calculations before we start using FEA on our whole system, so that we would be on track according to our Gantt Chart.

Week 11 (Nov 2 - Nov 9)

 Here is the Active Suspension's Presentation 2




In addition, we also started 3D printing some of our parts, which can be seen below.

Week 10 (Oct 26 - Nov 2)

For this week as a team we are preparing for our presentation, making sure that we have everything covered. We also want to make sure that are calculations are correct by consulting different professors and going over what we did and plan to do.

Week 9 (Oct 19 - Oct 26)

For this week as a team we are working on our presentation. Making sure that we cover everything that is required, such as updating our current design, make sure the calculations are correct, etc.

Week 8 (10/12 - 10/19)

For the week of October 12 to October 19, we are in the process of figuring out how to combine each system. See pictures below for sketches of what we plan to do.

 Figure 1: Sketch of tilt mechanism

Figure 1 is a rough sketch of the four bar mechanism we want to use based on previous CAD work. 

 Figure 2: How we plan to attach tilt mechanism to bogie

Figure 2 is a possible configuration to support the tilt mechanism and the self-leveling mechanism. The idea in this sketch was to support the tilt mechanism rigidly and then support the self-leveling mechanism at 4 points. The self-leveling mechanism is a square so we would make 4 tilt mechanisms that would connect at each corner.

Figure 3: How we plan to attach tilt mechanism to the self-leveling system

Figure 3 shows this idea with one tilt mechanism connected at one corner. 

Week 7 (10/5 - 10/12)

As a team we are continuing to do the CAD drawings using Solid Works. We are also utilizing Grab Cad so that we can see how our design fits with all the other designs. Once we get that finished and the whole system looks like it can all work together then we can start to 3D print our system to get a prototype to test even more before the final design.