Increasing Robustness and Reliability of a Race Car Engine Patrick Bandeira
About us
LOCATIONS»Banbury»Milton Keynes
NEW HEADQUARTERS»120,000 sq ft»next to M40, Banbury
Not only motorsport ON THE ROAD IN THE AIR ON THE WATER
PRODRIVE»Founded in 1984»~500 staff Motorsport Advanced Technology Bespoke collections Aston Martin Racing Systems Engineering MINI WRC Electronics & Control VW Rally Carbon composites
PRODRIVE Motorsport Advanced Technology Bespoke collections Aston Martin Racing Systems Engineering MINI WRC Electronics & Control VW Rally Carbon composites
MOTORSPORT»Aston Martin Racing»VW Rallying»Vehicle design & engineering
IN MOTORSPORT»One of the largest independent, full capability motorsport organisations in the world»aston Martin Racing - Vantage GTE - Vantage GT3 - Vantage GT4»VW Golf SCRC»MINI - WRC - RRC - RX
MOTORSPORT ACHIEVEMENTS»1150 events: - 472 rallies - 678 races»274 wins - 132 rallies - 142 races»2317 car starts»6 World Rally Championship titles»4 Le Mans 24 Hours titles»3 FIA WEC titles»le Mans Series champions»4 British Touring Car Championships»BAR F1 Team 2nd in F1 World Championship under Prodrive management
PRODRIVE Motorsport Advanced Technology Bespoke collections Aston Martin Racing Systems Engineering MINI WRC Electronics & Control VW Rally Carbon composites
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY»Combining our motorsport culture with robust engineering processes and quality procedures to produce solutions that enhance our clients' products and solve their technical challenges»sectors - automotive - defence - aerospace - marine - power generation»today s clients include - Jaguar Land Rover - McLaren - Ford - Ben Ainslie Racing - Airbus Defence & Space
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY»Innovation & creative solutions over 20 years»applying motorsport technologies to road car design»providing turn-key design & supply solutions»consortium approach to new IP R&D»Over 100 qualified engineers
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING»Efficient Powertrains - Electric & flywheel hybrids - DC-DC converters - Automated manual transmissions»chassis - Base chassis design - Active driveline control ATD»Interior systems - Bespoke mechatronic systems - Vehicle & module production»active aero - Bespoke electric and hydraulic actuation - Module production and delivery
CARBON COMPOSITES»One of the largest UK plants for design & manufacture of carbon composite parts & assemblies»40,000 sq ft facility»180 staff»sectors - automotive - aerospace - marine - motorsport»today's clients - McLaren Automotive - Airbus Defence & Space - Bentley - Jaguar - Sikorsky
PRODRIVE Motorsport Advanced Technology Bespoke collections Aston Martin Racing Systems Engineering MINI WRC Electronics & Control VW Rally Carbon composites
BESPOKE COLLECTIONS»Bespoke branded clothing & accessory collections»full in-house service: product design, manufacture, distribution & fulfilment»sectors - Motorsport - Sport - Automotive»Clients - VW Motorsport - Hyundai - Pirelli - Jaguar Land Rover - Aston Martin - Sahara Force India
PRODRIVE DNA our culture our values professionalism & performance can do : our attitude creative : how we think rigorous : our strive for perfection relentless : our commitment integrity : our pride our essence neverstop >> dreaming innovating creating performing exceeding competing winning
Use of Altair Software
Possibilities with ALTAIR»Altair Hyperworks»Altair Partner Alliance - Token based license system suits Prodrive s business model
ALTAIR HYPERWORKS»FEA - Fast Turnaround - Scripting Capabilities - Optimisation
ALTAIR HYPERWORKS»Pre-processing for Full-Vehicle CFD - Scripting Capabilities - Geometry Defeaturing - Shrink Wrap Meshing - Quick Turnaround when building models
ACUSOLVE»Special Projects: Acusolve»Ongoing Development»Benchmarking and Development»Evaluation of the flow in the Water Jacket in an Aston Martin Racing 4.5L V8
ACUSOLVE»Special Projects: Acusolve»Geometry Preparation and Meshing»Preliminary Flow, checking for dead zones and flow recirculation
ACUSOLVE»Special Projects: Acusolve»Bleed Holes
ACUSOLVE»Bleed Holes»Post Processing Template
ACUSOLVE»Bench Testing: Use of temperature probes inside a development cylinder head
ACUSOLVE»Bench Testing: Use of temperature probes inside a development cylinder head
Temp delta to Outlet Temp (degrees C) STD GASKET TEST1 DRILLED GASKET TEST1 STD GASKET TEST2 DRILLED GASKET TEST2 ACUSOLVE»Bench Testing: Use of temperature probes inside a development cylinder head 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CYLINDER HEAD LOCATION
First Iteration Head Preparation 1080 Engine Build 3200 Additional Parts 2500 Instrumentation 400 Dyno Time 2000 Total 9180 Further Iterations Head Preparation 1080 Engine Build 1600 Dyno Time 2000 Total 4680 ACUSOLVE»Comparison: -Time -Costs
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT»ACUSOLVE - Coupled Fluid-Thermal Analysis - Other Special Projects (i.e Fuel Filling system, Radiator Flow)»HYPERMATH - Incorporate into our current workflow, substituting third party software»hypermorph - Streamline the workflow in both FEA and CFD modelling so geometries don t have to go back to designers to be altered.
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