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Iterative Design of a Pal-V Flying Car Chassis with CAE
PAL-V is a completely new type of vehicle that is able to transform between helicopter and car. It is essential that the chassis is structurally sound and comfortable. For this purpose, a number of technical requirements have been specified. In addition to being light weight, the chassis must:
Support a 7 kN landing force with a safety factor of 1.5
Have an effective life of one billion rotations of the rotor blade
Have a fundamental frequency larger than 50 Hz
To meet these requirements, a chassis was designed in the Solidworks CAD software. The finite element method was then used to validate the structure and iterate its design.
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