Chrome Ollie will be starting up their formal/informal design sessions very quickly here. Captains are Jessica Revell and Phil Weeks. Jessica will be working in the shop for the next couple of weeks developing collar style connections for the truss, if we choose such a design, on the lathe. We bought some 4130 alloy chrome-moly stock a month ago for this.
Phil and Matt are discussing sheet metal options and increasing the active length, or development length, of each dovetail connection to better stiffness for a beam. If possible, we're trying to get the design down to a beamlike structure for quicker assembly. We don't want to go above 1.2" deflection if we can squeeze 2 or 3 minutes out of construction. If the PDM field test proves that a beam may work if connected properly, then we may very well use it, if not, one of the three truss design philosophies we have will go into further development. The basis for the truss will first be assembly, then lightness, and assuming the stiffnesses are comparable, then stiffness.
Recruitment will also be prominent this fall, as only a few people, if anybody, will be back for the '07-'08 season. Need to organize talks in ECI 131, ECI 135, ECI 171, ECI 179, and ENG104 for sure, perhaps some others in the Mechanical Department as well if we can get a MechE to do it. The Raiders got beat very badly yesterday, I guess they were busy remembering 9/11.
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