Greenpower Technical Information

Science And Maths

• Some information on the science and maths of a Greenpower racing Car
• Car speed calculator and Motor Heat Calculator
• Greenpower car simulator: Greensim
• Greenpower car virtual wind tunnel: GreenVwt
• Southampton University Greenpower info
• Bicycle Aerodynamics
• Car Performance with different battery capacities

Motor

• Motor performance graphs
• Motor Heat Calculator
• Motor Design Book
• http://www.crouzet.com/catalogue_web/pdf/ENG/ndb12_eng.pdf
• http://www.eic.eng.chula.ac.th/files/MotorCalculation.pdf

Batteries

• http://xtronics.com/reference/batterap.htm
• http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm#Temperature%20Effects%20on%20Batteries
• Battery testing

Electrics

• Greenpower Electrics

Gear Ratios

• Setting the Gear Ratio
• Gear Ratios

Steering

• Chipping Sodbury Steering info
• Ackermann steering geometry calculator

General

• Greenpower A-Z Guide
• Car Stability

AeroDynamics

• The Chipping Sodbury School Wind Tunnel

Rolling Resistance and Air Drag Test

• http://physics.technion.ac.il/~rutman/car/Roll-down%20test.pdf
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_resistance
  

Efficiency

• Equivilent Fuel Consumption

Rotary Racer Info

• Weigh Bridge Data

Electronics

• Electronics/index.html
• computing/index.html