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Design of structural parts for a racing solar car

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The racing solar cars are characterized by the constant pursuit of energy efficiency. The tight balance between energy inputs and consumption is the main reason to seek optimization in different areas. The vehicle weight is directly related to the energy consumption via rolling resistance of the tires. The relation between weight and energy consumption is quantified. The structural optimization techniques are studied and a series of rules is obtained to iteratively improve the shape of structural parts reducing its weight. The implementation is done in a practical case and satisfactory results are achieved.

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  1. Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia

    Esteban BETANCUR, Ricardo MEJÍA-GUTIÉRREZ, Gilberto OSORIO-GÓMEZ & Alejandro ARBELAEZ

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  1. Université de Technologie de Compiègne , Compiègne, France

    Benoit Eynard

  2. Dip di Ingegneria Chimica, Gest,Info,Mec, Università degli Studi di Palermo Dip di Ingegneria Chimica, Gest,Info,Mec, Palermo, Italy

    Vincenzo Nigrelli

  3. Dip di Ing, Elet, e Elet, Inform (DIEEI), Università degli Studi di Catania Dip di Ing, Elet, e Elet, Inform (DIEEI), Catania, Italy

    Salvatore Massimo Oliveri

  4. Camino De Vera S/N, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Camino De Vera S/N, Valencia, Spain

    Guillermo Peris-Fajarnes

  5. Dept of Mechanical Energy and Management, University of Calabria Dept of Mechanical Energy and Management, Rende (Cosenza), Italy

    Sergio Rizzuti

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BETANCUR, E., MEJÍA-GUTIÉRREZ, R., OSORIO-GÓMEZ, G., ARBELAEZ, A. (2017). Design of structural parts for a racing solar car. In: Eynard, B., Nigrelli, V., Oliveri, S., Peris-Fajarnes, G., Rizzuti, S. (eds) Advances on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Manufacturing . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45781-9_3

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