in-house design departments
our project is the implementation ofinerters in building vibration control. its essentially that wewanted to see if we can use the inerter to reduce the damage causedby vibration and maybe increase the comfort while we're at it. we werefocusing a lot on earthquakes. the aspect that interested me mostis the mystery behind the interter. it provides a lot of benefits in thatit provides a force, while not contributing a large amount of mass.any research we find now is new and exciting. its a really niceexperience because it helps us to feel what it's like to be an engineerin the working world.
we've based our design on a 3dprinter, and we were trying to design a milling machine. the concept for a reprapis a machine that builds itself and that was a really attractive prospectto go into and have a look at. the thing that interests us mostabout the project was us as a group being able to take a hands onapproach and taking a 3d printer- the concept of that and trying to change that into our milling machine. we were looking at the accuracy ofthe whole machine as well, because in machining, the accuracy must be as lowas possible. that is why we were looking at the stiffness of thestructure, the dynamics and
performance of the structure, tryingto keep it as long and as slow as through lots of analysis. i think thebiggest highlight of the project was getting a prototype that managed tomill 3d pieces, which was more than we set out to do. the project involved designing andmanufacturing and then testing a suspension system for a torquevectoring controlled vehicle. i've always been interested in thecreative aspect of engineering and doing a design project reallyappealed to me. the main challenge for me was basedaround the suspension mechanism
itself, so i had to choose thecorrect spring rate and make sure that the geometry of the system wasgoing to support the vehicle. the individual research projectchallenges you in a number of ways. it forces you to work independently,plan your objectives clearly and then work within a specific timeframe to complete your project. for me personally, the highlight was just seeing the vehicle run properly and successfully in the way that ihad intended it to. the aim of the project was to designimprovements to be made on bicycles found in the gambia. they're notactually appropriate for gambia, once
they're there they break very often,as these are western bicycles being used in essentially essentially thedesert. its nice to work with a real life problem and also to see thedifference that it makes. we actually went to the gambia and weactually saw the differene that these bicycles make. the biggest technical challenge forme was designing a bottom bracket that was made out of wood. it'ssomething thats not been done on a real regular basis on a commercialscale. and on a professional level it sort of gears you up: you manage yourown time- on your head be it really.
so, if you want to go and pursue agood project, then you can. it's all you, you manage your time, you getout of it what you want. the highlight was definitely thetrip to gambia. 10 days, seeing the problem first hand, getting to gripswith the challenges that were faced with the children cycling to schoolin the gambia. we also took four prototypes with us to the gambia andseeing them work and seeing the look on the children's faces when they'recycling around on some wooden bearings was really, really pleasing.
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