DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF FORMULA STUDENT CAR

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF FORMULA STUDENT CAR

1. Praveen Kumar¹, E. Nikhil Reddy², K. Ravi Kumar³, B. Chandrashekar Reddy⁴, S. Venkat Dilip⁵

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India.

^2,3,4,5B. Tech Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Ibrahimpatnam, Hyderabad, India.

Abstract- This study takes a look at the design process of the cooling system of the Formula Student vehicle. The vehicle was built keeping in mind all the rules and regulations of the formula student Competition. Among numerous rules, one rule was to use air and plain water as the only coolant for radiator and no other substance. Though the car is dynamically fit and performed decently during the event, there was a heating issue in the engine which needed to be solved. The problem has been approached using both theoretical and simulation models. Firstly, Number of Transfer method will be used to calculate the effectiveness of the radiator and later the rate of heat transfer is calculated. Various parameters like radiator core size, mass flow rate of water and air etc., are taken into consideration. Ansys software will used to perform full body analysis to study the positioning of the radiator on the race car. The results obtained from these models will be validated experimentally on the vehicle using data acquisition. The study not only results in designing an efficient cooling system but also laying out a systematic approach for further development.

Keywords-Cooling System, Formula Student, FSAE, Sidepods, Radiator, Ansys.