ENG53C Engineering Mechanics and Design.

ENG53C Engineering Mechanics and Design - Wrexham Glyndwr University

Assessment - Pro-Kart Design

Outcome 1: Demonstrate an ability to recognise, identify, define and produce specifications for a set of engineering problems and communicate the results effectively to a client

Outcome 2: Identify and with a minimum of guidance, analyse the data provided and select appropriate methods/techniques to produce an optimum and sustainable design

Outcome 3: Appraise the social, ethic, economic, and environmental implications of the design process and awareness of the relevant legal and contractual issues.

Assessment task

A customer has approached Glyndwr University requesting that students design and develop an innovative system that would allow users with some disabilities to race a Go Kart (Pro-Kart).

A Pro-Kart is available in the E6 workshop for you to measure and evaluate.

You are then to present your proposals along with prototype and full calculationwork to the customer for their consideration and further developments.

The customer agreed that the prototype can be virtual (animation or video of a mock-up model...).

The design brief discussed with the customer has allowed to highlight the main function of the system and is as follow:

"Design a system allowing a Pro-Kart to be driven by a person with only use of one arm. It should allow the user to steer, accelerate and brake using only a stick at the centre of the kart. No handle, nothing else but a 2 degree of freedom stick. The system must be easy to maintain and install with no irreversible modification of the chassis, no special tools or training."