Open AccessVehicle’s energy efficiency via pilot work’s efficiency in Shell Eco-marathon competition
Author(s) -
Dancho Gunev,
Simeon Iliev,
Emil Mitev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/977/1/012020
Subject(s) - competitor analysis , competition (biology) , work (physics) , range (aeronautics) , shell (structure) , power (physics) , automotive engineering , efficient energy use , aerodynamics , engineering , energy (signal processing) , mechanical energy , computer science , mechanical engineering , aerospace engineering , business , electrical engineering , marketing , ecology , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , biology
Shell Eco-marathon is a competition about energy efficiency and the first thing one have to do, is to design and build lightweight, aerodynamic vehicle with fine mechanical transmission and tires with low rolling resistance. Depending on power unit type, there is a need of perfect way of transforming chemical or electrical energy to mechanical one. In addition, almost every team develops their own driving strategy, applied by the pilot in the competition. Doing this, in the best way they can do, most competitors decide before-mentioned is the maximum, but if one can look to the vehicle plus the pilot like a system, there is more possibilities for improving the efficiency of that system. This paper includes analysis of vehicle control functions and specific organizational distribution and design of vehicle’s controls, in accordance with the capabilities of the pilot.