Flapping Wing

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SEMINAR REPORT

MEC 3890

COORDINATOR: DR. ARI LEGOWO

MOHAMAD HAFIZ BIN ALI (AUTOMOTIVE)

1019383

SPEAKER: TUAN NORAZLEEN BINTI TUAN AGIL (0835178/AUTO)

NUR BASIRAH BINTI ABD RAZAK (1010778/AUTO)

NUR HASANAH BINTI OTHMAN (1018076/AUTO)

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TITLE: FORMULA ONE

Modern Formula One cars are mid-engine open cockpit, open wheel single- seated. The chassis is made largely of carbon-fiber composites, rendering it light but extremely stiff and strong. The whole car, including engine, fluids and driver, weighs only 640 kg (1411 lbs.), the minimum weight set by the regulations. The construction of the cars is typically lighter than the minimum and so they are ballasted up to the minimum weight.

A typical circuit usually features a stretch of straight road on which the starting grid is situated. The pit lane, where the drivers stop for tyres and minor repairs (such as changing the car's nose due to front wing damage) during the race, retirements from the race, and where the teams work on the cars before the race, is normally located next to the starting grid. The layout of the rest of the circuit varies widely, although in most cases the circuit runs in a clockwise direction. Most of the circuits currently in use are specially constructed for competition. The current street circuits are Monaco, Melbourne, Valencia, and Singapore. Several circuits have been completely or partially laid out on public roads, such as Spa-Francorchamps, although no course currently is.

13 static load tests on the F1 car will be needed to ensure they can withstand the level collateral pressure required by the FIA regulations, this include applying pressure to floor below fuel tank side nose mount, chassis sides at leg and seat level. Other areas like the front, sides, rear of the chassis and also steering column...