WEEK 2 STUDIO WORK

Date:24 July 2008

Task was reassigned

a. Fahmi: material and costing as well as chassis design

b. Yusof: body movement

c. Tan: math analysis

d. Lee: Usage and actuators

e. Yap: DOF and simulation.

2. Due date and time: Friday 25/07/08 9 pm

3. If there are any problem arises, a meeting will be held on Saturday before due date of the assignment.

WEEK 2 MEETING

Date: 24/7/08
Place: C23- 5041
Time: 10.15- 11.00 am

1. Report on latest progress
a. Tan : found 2 suitable books for the project
i. Motorcycle chassis design: The theory and practice
ii. Vehicle Stability (mathematical requirement)
b. Lee: Extracted the most common usage and actuators used for motorcycle simulators. Did a table for actuators comparison.
c. Yap: Found 4 main aspects for motorcycle simulators which are turning, balance, braking and vibration. Suggested better to have a non-fixed platform to have a better experience. Suggested to narrow down the age and weight range of Malaysian.

2. Members suggested include more pictures in the report of the background of study to have a better visualization for member and other readers.

3. Fahmi reported to the project manager that there are no relevant materials that can be used for the assignment. Project manager suggested that the material used can be based on the real motor chassis material which can be used from the book.

4. Yusof reported on the body movement when riding and explain on the fall analysis to the project manager.

5. Work done will be uploaded into the group website.

WEEK 3 - STUDIO WORK

Date: 29/07/08
Time: 4.00- 6.00pm

1. Assigned new task to start on product design specification.
a. Fahmi: It is difficult to find the costing of the whole simulator. It is suggested that it is better to concentrate o finding cost for separate parts (e.g. bike, screen, projector, actuators)
b. Yap and lee: concentrating on the technical part of the PDS. Lee will be searching from the old information obtained and Yap will look for more new info from the net.
c. Tan: will be searching for standards required for motor, actuators, etc. from the library.
d. Yap: Ergonomics.
e. Lee and Yusof: assembly and disassembly. Yusof will be concentrating on the new info from the net and Lee will concentrate on old info obtained previously.

2. Next meeting will be held 9 pm 30 July 2008 at library.

Studio Work

Week 2

22 Julai 2008

1. Assigned member’s task

a. Fahmi: Material and costing

b. Yusof and Yap: Engineering principles

i. Math

ii. Body movement

iii. Malaysian weight range

iv. Type of DOF

c. Lee: Usage and Patent (research and safety), types of actuators

d. Tan: Books and Journals

2. Gantt Chart planning.

Week 1 - 1st Meeting

21 July 2008

1. 1. Data gathering and research done online by team members concentrates on

a. Patent to find similar and analogous design

b. The mathematical aspects/engineering principles of design

2. 2. Each team members are required to read the data compiled and extract important/ relevant data which is required by the project.

3. 3. Each team members must produce a summary of the data gathered by next meeting. This summary will be used for the background of study.

4. 4. All the data collected will be printed out to be filed. Each member will need to contribute for the cost of the ink cartridge for the printing done.

5. 5. The next meeting will be held on 23 July 2008, C25- first floor at 8 to 9 am.