Development and validation of a single mass Lap simulation
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Noel, Jeremy R.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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Ian Hunter.
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In this thesis, a single mass model lap time simulation was designed, implemented and validated in MATLAB. The goal of this simulation was to accurately predict the velocity of a formula style open wheeled race car on a given track. The simulation was constructed in MATLAB, and features a function based design that will allow the core algorithm to be used with more sophisticated vehicle models. The code was tested and validated using a combination of contrived and collected map data, and a strong correlation of 0.8067 was shown with 95% confidence bounds of 0.8028, and 0.8105. Finally, this thesis outlines proper testing techniques to obtain the data required to complete the validation process of this simulation.
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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, May, 2020 Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 63).
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2020Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical EngineeringPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Mechanical Engineering.