Dark Knight's Helm: Final

Finally, done with the complete helm of Dark Knight aka Batman. I hope i have done justice to it. It was real fun completing this and has given me confidence to make more helms, probably Iron man being next. It was really fin playing with the splines and surfaces on this project. The eye holes and mouth space were done using the trim surface feature.

So here is the final stuff, hope you like it.

P.S. Batman belongs to DC comics. This particular solidworks rendition belongs to me.

                                                                            #Batman#

Ball Bearing

I designed this component in my Machine Design class in under graduation but never made a CAD file of it. Finally, I succeeded in doing this and as a bonus created a short video on it's motion by putting a rotary motor to the inner ring with a 10 RPM constant speed. I hope you enjoy this.

 

 

Engine Components: Piston, Piston Pin & Connecting Rod

Novel Keyholder Design: Inspired by Swiss Knife

I never liked those leather keyholder pouches which tear, tatter and become shabby over time. But, I had an idea of a swiss knife type of key holder. Wonder if you could just press a button a swoosh your key comes out. Also, it's handy, small and has a better product life than it's counterpart.

Based on this though I created a 3D Solidworks model of the design concept. It would be a spring loaded button actuated that involves a twist so as to push the key out. They key after use can be driven back to it's place with a slight push.

So here are some pics of the design.

Automotive Components

1. Upright Design for an FSAE vehicle. 

 These designs were made by me on Solidworks platform for FSAE competition purposes. A stress analysis for the same is shown in the top-left image. The upright features mounts for brake calliper and toe/tie rod. The analysis was done for Al 7075 alloy.

2. Shock Absorber:

This spring loaded shock absorber is a replication of the motorcycle shock absorber used by my team in the vehicle for the FSAE competition. The design was made for presentation purposes only. Though using spring material and assembly configuration a stress analysis and displacement analysis could be done for the same.

Iron Man Suit in the Making

So I have undertook the task to replicate the Iron Man suit on Solidworks. I'm done with the first Stage, which was getting a skeleton / mannequin to form the base of the suit. Next Stage is the Chest  and the Back plate covering the Torso followed by arms and legs and the Mask at the end.

I hope it turns out to be as similar to the real suit. Here is the mannequin I made, not too classy, just a basic human replica to form the base structure.

Stay tuned for other parts of the Armour and the final assembly.

*** There is one more design I am working on which I will post directly, when it's done. Hope you like that too. ***

A blast from the past

It's been a long time since something fresh was posted, sorry about that. I moved across the world so was a bit occupied, otherwise.

I was going through some of my previous designs and felt like sharing this. So this is just a basic exploded view of the Tyre, Brake calliper, Brake Disc and the Alloy wheel. But the alloy wheel is entirely my creation, so that's new..

Anyways have a look at it and I'll soon post some new stuff.

Here is a Teaser of Next design project. Can you guess it?

Once upon a time in a galaxy far away....

Hey fellas,

Just tried out my hand on the glorious and amazing light sabers. Yes, I'm talking about the big glowing sword like weapons used my the mighty Jedi and Sith (users of the Dark side of the Force) alike.

George Lucas brought these magnificent weapons to life through animation and in his honour I created a CAD design of the Blue Saber. Have a look. Hope to make many more types of sabers.

Explicit Dynamics -ANSYS- Impact Attenuator Crash Simulation

Its been quite some time since my last post. But nevertheless, I have got something amazing to share in this post.
I have recently been working on my final year engineering project which involves designing an Impact Attenuator for passenger vehicles. As it is my final year project worth 6 credits, the work needed to be convincing.
So, I got to know about ANSYS analysis software for obtaining worthwhile results for my project and thus began the most arduous month of my life with 3-4 hours of calculations running on the PC, frequent hair pulling and consumption of head ache pills.

But finally, after 28 days of torture got the desired result.

So here, I have shared some pics of the analysis and a link to the video on youtube. Enjoy!

P.S. Leave a comment for any queries.

Basic Setup - Front View

Basic Setup - Isometric View

Deformation 1 - Front View

 

Deformation 1 - Isometric View

Deformation 2 - Front View

Deformation 2 - Isometric View