For my Senior Design project, four of my friends and I decided that we wanted to start the first ever UC Davis Baja SAE team, and build UC Davis' first SAE Buggy. In a matter of only four months we completely designed and fabricated the Baja Buggy shown in the video below. After building the Buggy, we decided we wanted to challenge ourselves even more. We designed and built a traction control system on the car and completed the whole project in a two quarter span of five months. Our Baja car won us the best systematical design award, and we brought it up to Oregon to compete in a college Baja SAE competition .
Below is a video that accompanied our design poster and the car at the end of the year Senior Design Showcase. This video demonstrates how the traction control system works to apply torque, with the use of a torsen differential and an integrated braking system, to the intended wheel that is not slipping, providing continuous power.
Below is a video that accompanied our design poster and the car at the end of the year Senior Design Showcase. This video demonstrates how the traction control system works to apply torque, with the use of a torsen differential and an integrated braking system, to the intended wheel that is not slipping, providing continuous power.
This is the Poster that was presented along side the video above and the Baja Buggy at the end of the year Senior Design Showcase. It was chosen as one of the top posters of the showcase and is now presented in Bainer Hall on the UC Davis Campus for everyone to see.
This is the final report for our design of the traction control system. It is not as much about the specific design analysis, but more a report for future UC Davis Baja teams to understand and adapt the system for their own cars.
This is a series of photos documenting the making of the Baja Buggy from start to finish