1. Team Members: Reuben Ness Craig Mclain Riki Hopkins
2011 Formula SAE Cooling
Team Members:
Reuben Ness
Craig Mclain
Riki Hopkins

2. Preview
General Competition Info.
Competition Overview
Progress

3. 2010 Cooling Issues Car ran hot during testing and competition
Car would overheat at idle
Car had hot start issues

4. Solution Understand all governing equations Make proper assumptions
Use heat transfer
calculations
Add factor of
safety

5. Design Timeline Started right after competition June 2010
Finalized major design Fall 2010
Detailed January 2011

6. What’s Left? Order all parts Paperwork, documentation
Testing and verification
Redesign

7. Customers Internal: Viking Motorsports PSU Capstone External:
Formula SAE
Weekend Autocrosser
Sponsors

8. Design Criteria Prioritized criteria Compared with 2010 car and issues
Compromised design for Reliability and Maintenance

9. Risk Requirements underestimated Analysis failure Product failure
Parts delivery delay

10. Conclusion