Connor D, Daniel C, Edward T, Jenna L, Tyler M Professor Junfeng Ma

Background ●23% accidents in US caused by weather ●Drivers’ lack of awareness and precaution. ●6,250 Deaths per year on average

Mission Statement ●Minimize the risk of losing control of one’s vehicle due to slippery road conditions. ●Allow drivers to be as safe as possible in any weather condition.

Slippage ●A car slides when It does not have enough traction on the surface of the road. ●In poor weather conditions a film of water is created on the surface of the pavement which further hinders the cars ability to grip the surface. ●As a car travels faster and more force is applied to the water film, the water further resists displacement which causes vehicles to hydroplane and lose control.

Problem ●People have trouble judging how fast to drive while the surface is wet due to many factors ●Risk Perception ●Different road surfaces

Our Project ●To prevent this, we decided to develop a system that would alert the driver before he or she began to lose control. ●Although there are safety systems such as the ABS which prevent loss of control, these systems are not 100% effective. ●Ounce of prevention, pound of cure

How it works ●Our system will include four parts o Tachometer o Speedometer o Computer o Warning system ●The Tachometer and Speedometer will relay the vehicle’s angular velocity and actual speed to a computer system. ●Then, this system will calculate if a driver is within a safe driving speed ●If they are not, the warning system turns on to create driver awareness.

Rolling Velocity ●A Tachometer is a device which measures the angular velocity of an object which in this case is the crankshaft of the engine. o Angular velocity (ω) is the rate at which an object's angular position is changing as it moves around a circle. ●However, what we need is rolling velocity (V r ) o This is obtained by multiplying the angular velocity by the radius of circle. V r = ω * r

Sliding Velocity ●The rolling velocity is a measurement of what the cars speed should be without loss due to sliding velocity (V s ) ●Sliding velocity is the velocity the car has as it slides without the rotation of the wheel. o This value is calculated by subtracting the actual velocity of the car from the rolling velocity V s = V r - V

Slide to Roll Ratio ●The reason we need these values is to calculate the Slide to Roll ratio. ●The slide to roll ratio is a percentage of the amount of slip the car is experiencing. ●With this we can determine when a car is about to lose control V s / V r

Slip graph ● We determine this by creating a “coefficient of friction vs. slide to roll ratio” graph. ● As you can see, after a certain point ( the peak) the car has too much slip and it quickly loses traction.

The Computer ●All of these calculations will be done by a program ●When the computer recognizes that the car is reaching a dangerous slide to roll ratio (around 0.1 for wet conditions) it will activate the warning system.

The Warning ●The warning system will be comprised of light on the dashboard and a brief sound which will call to the drivers attention. ●When it comes on, it means that the driver needs to slow down to prevent loss of control.

Picking a concentration ●Safe ●Green ●Connected

Selection process ●Group discussions ●Research on products already out there ●Checking certain ideas with patents ●Trying to talk to experts

Beginning Stages ●Start with identifying ways to prevent slippage/increase traction ●Ensure that whatever we come up with is still safe and affordable to the common driver ●Finding out what was already on the market to prevent copyright infringement

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Customer Needs Hierarchy 1. User-Friendly (.33) 1.1. Concealed (.0792) 1.2 Safe (.2013) 1.3 Removable (.0495) 2. Practical (.33) 2.1 Durable (.1089) 2.2 Water-proof (.1089) 2.3 Fits different size cars (.0551) 2.4 Light (.0551) 3.Sustainable (.167) 3.1 Environmentally friendly (.0551) 3.2 Cost-efficient (.1119) 4.Aesthetics (.167) 4.1 Visually Appealing (.0267) 4.2 Compact (.0518) 4.3 Aerodynamic (.0885)

Concept Generation ●Tribometer ●Tachometer and warning system

Concept Generation Warning System Various ways to warn person ●Display on a visual screen ●Warning light ●Audio ●Combination of any of them

Final Design

Problems Faced ●Not possible to calculate the friction of a moving vehicle o Make it harder to calculate when the vehicle would lose control ●Getting in touch with experts ●Coming up with an idea

What We’ve Learned ●It is possible to determine when a vehicle will slip ●Impossible to calculate friction on moving surface

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