British science festival plan – Saturday 9th September, 2017. Event title: The secret life of the bicycle: How science and engineering make the perfect machine. Event organisers: Max Glaskin and Derek Covill thanks everyone for a very enjoyable day! as promised, here is some of the information provided on the day, with some useful links … Continue reading
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Pentagon Plastics: Design for injection moulding masterclass 2014
Pentagon plastics visits 12th and 19th March 2014 All images are courtesy of Martyna Konopka and Chloe Fong. Injection moulding is a fascinating technical area. It’s one we hear of constantly in the design world, and for most designers it’s the knee jerk response to the age old “how’s it made?” question when designing anything plastic … Continue reading
Trip to Brighton Sheet Metal
I’d met one of the engineers from Brighton Sheet Metal a few years ago at Southern Manufacturing and had a good old chat, but until we visited last week I never realised how expansive and impressive their facilities actually were. I took a group of 10 students out to visit and we were greeted by … Continue reading
bicycle engineering design / my research / news / parametric analysis & modeling in CAD/FEA / sports engineering design
Parametric finite element analysis of bicycle frame stiffness
Performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on bicycle frames has become a common activity for bicycle designers and engineers in the hope of improving the performance of frames. This is typically achieved by balancing priorities for key requirements, including minimising the mass of the frame (possibly using competition rules to constrain this), maximising lateral stiffness in … Continue reading
Sports Engineering CPD lecture at South Downs College Lewes 5th Feb, 2013
Yesterday I ventured up to Lewes to give a continuing professional development (CPD) lecture to a group of college and school teachers in physics, computing, maths, PE and also a well mannered cohort of students from these groups (more questions needed though!!). Thanks to Tim, Leraine and Emily for all your hospitality! This was another … Continue reading
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