Addressing the development challenges for low carbon transport · •Bringing 8 HFC powered urban...
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Addressing the development challenges for low carbon transport
Mike Dickison Commercial Director Faculty of Engineering & Computing Tel. +44(0)7974 984679
SIAT 2013 UK Trade and Investment’s Technologies Seminar 12th January 2013, ARAI, Pune
Coventry University’s engagement with the automotive supply chain and OEMs
£55m new Engineering & Computing Building
The Faculty of Engineering & Computing
300 Academic Staff
3500 Undergraduate Students
800 Postgraduate Students (MSc/MBA)
150 Research Students (PhD/MPhil/MSc)
Activity Led Learning (ALL)
Applied research - relevant to today’s challenges
Providing real business impact
Mitigating risk through technical solutions
Delivering value for money
Empowerment through expert advice
Creating and maintaining effective and rewarding relationships
“The students we educate and the companies we serve demand the same:
responsive expertise delivered when it is required and followed up by advice
and value for money support.”
Facilities
£55m new Engineering & Computing building
Shaker Rig
Wind & smoke tunnel
Mercedes Petronas sub-sonic wind tunnel
Metrology laboratory
Metal workshops
Lathes, CNC machinery
Rapid prototyping and laser cutters
Hydraulics, flow channels and compression testing workshop
Ethical hacking laboratory
Pervasive computing laboratory
High performance computing facility
Aerospace simulation laboratory
Autonomous vehicles laboratory
Mathematical sciences laboratory
...and more
International Collaborations
Methods of engagement with industry
• Student projects
• Collaborative projects with academia and industry
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• Consultancy
Student Projects Both individual and group
Engineering and Design, often as a single team
3rd Year Individual Student Project 2 Seater Low Carbon Car for Intercity Travelling
Student Projects Low Carbon City Car
Collaborative projects with academia and industry
EPSRC – e.g. TARF-LCV, lightweight structures ERDF – e.g. NIS, EIV European Framework – e.g. various safety and lightweighting TSB (Concept to Commercialisation) – e.g. CABLED Microcab
WMG led Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Coventry University Lead Partner in Ultra Low Drag Aerodynamic
Workstream Project (£19m ERDF and AWM funded, £10m from industry)
Contributing Partner in the following:- Auxiliary power units Vehicle supervisory control Lightweight structures
Vehicle dynamics and traction control High efficiency HVAC
Work commenced in early 2009 and active phase finished in early 2012
Reduction of parasitic losses Waste energy recovery and alternative energy storage Human machine interface
Full Scale Testing - Small MPV
Progression of CD During WT Session
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Standard
Production
Car
Wheel
Covers on
Flat Floor
Fitted
Front Intakes
Closed
All Front End
Vents and
Gaps Sealed
Door Mirrors
removed
Underfloor
Wheel Arch
Blanking
7° Diffuser 30mm Front
Wheel
Spoilers
65mm
Extrusion
Tailgate Box
Cavity
Wheel /Sill
Panel
Modification
CD
•Full Scale Wind Tunnel Testing at MIRA •Development programme carried out •Cd reduced from 0.29 to 0.21
Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Software used is STARCCM+
• Areas of expertise:
• External flows
• Internal flows
• Heat transfer
Conceptual Vehicle Styling/ Aerodynamic Performance Integration
Niche Vehicle Network
Funded by AWM £2.5M 3 year Programme Delivered by Cenex (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technology) Work commenced in January 2009
Aerodynamic Benchmarking Studies
Wind Tunnel
testing at MIRA
12 Niche Vehicles (4 tests per day)
Establish current levels of performance
Acted as a catalyst for new projects
Recyclable Vacuum-Formed Plastic Body Panels Feasibility Study
•Project Partner: Sparlonz (vacuum forming)
•Project Partner: Westfield Sportscars
Westfield Sportscars Zolfe Sportz
Electric Race Car Project Control System Development • Lead Organisation: Westfield Cars
• Project partners: RDM Automotive, Potenza Technology, Delta Motorsport
• Coventry University undertook torque vectoring study for motor control system
Vehicle & System Dynamics
Motorsport (Williams F1, Mini WRC, Aston Martin Racing GT1) developing aerodynamics and vehicle performance
Road cars
Developing passive & active dynamic systems (suspension tuning, geometry development, steering development, torque-vectoring algorithms & applications)
EPSRC funded project: Towards Affordable, Closed-Loop
Recyclable Future Low Carbon Vehicles (TARF-LCV)
• Objective – to deliver lightweight high volume vehicle bodies in a sustainable manner
• £4m programme
• 4 years duration – mid 2011 to 2015
• 8 Universities
• Coventry leading vehicle design and LCA cluster
Optimisation lightweighting of vehicle architecture
Lightweighting Architecture Optimisation
Emissions Research- Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
Microcab Hydrogen Fuel Cell HEV
• Bringing 8 HFC powered urban cars to the CABLED project (Microcab)
• An integral part of our Low Carbon Vehicle Grand Challenge
• Developing knowledge and expertise
• European Hydrogen Infrastructure funded programme
• Prototype build and development undertaken by Coventry University
• Lightweight sheet aluminium bonded and riveted chassis
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• Accredited and non-accredited
• Tailored to suit customers’ individual requirements
• Wide range of subject areas and growing
• Not just purely academic – extensive practical applications
• Examples:- – Electric and hybrid vehicle developing technologies
– Light aircraft technical training
Infosys MSc Courses
• Mixed Flying Faculty and Customer Accredited Delivery
• Major International Client highly active in Aerospace and Computing Sectors
• Delivered at 6 Sites in India
Three MSc Streams:
MBA Engineering Management
MTech Computing
MTech Mechanical Engineering
Bangalore & Mysore
Chennai Mcity & Bhubaneswar
Pune & Mangalore
Consultancy
• Growing activity at Coventry University
• Centred around individual subject specialists
– Vehicle Dynamics
– Control systems (EVs)
– Vehicle safety
– Human Machine Interfacing (HMI)
– Lightweight Materials & Structures
Consultancy
• Civil engineering – testing of foundation of varying compositions
• Control system development, algorithm development – transport and industrial
• Software and app development
• Project Planning and Management
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What we do:
Product Design & Development User focused design, ideation, conceptualisation and design engineering through to manufacture
Vehicle styling & Chassis design New vehicle concepts, styling upgrades and feature design, CAD services for chassis design development
Design visualisation Renderings & animations for product evaluation & presentation
Rapid Prototyping Working prototypes and presentation models using in house facilities
Digital media & Graphics Product graphics, packaging, branding, website design and programming
Consultants Unit - Design Institute
Coventry University Design Institute Niche Car Packaging Studies and Chassis
Design
Milling of Resin Tools and Models
3D Scanning and Modelling D
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Contact us
Faculty of Engineering & Computing
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
CV1 5FB
024 7688 7688
Visit us at: www.coventry.ac.uk/ecbusiness
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