Formula-SAE race-car nose cone pendulum impact test

http://high_speed_video.colostate.edu

Testing the impact properties of a carbon fiber nose cone for a Formula-SAE racecar used in a university design competition.

Many more super-slow-motion high-speed video clips can be viewed at:

http://high_speed_video.colostate.edu

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SAE
• Formula
• car
• race-car
• nose
• cone
• pendulum
• impact
• test
• carbon
• fiber

[2489jbirdie]

What material is inside of the nosecone?

[DrDaveBilliards]

foam

[berylman]

Crunch! It doesn't seem like the slowed the weight down at all.

[DrDaveBilliards]

The weight was about 700 pounds!. It's like crashing into a solid steel wall.

[DanFrederiksen]

at what speed???

[DrDaveBilliards]

The weight was released from about 7.5 feet. From basic physics, the speed at the bottom is sqrt(2gh), which is about 15 mph.

[coloradostatefsae]

This test was the first in a series of design iterations, FYI

[MrJoshbl]

Yea that did nothing in the way of absorbing the impact.