Helicopter Bell-Hiller mechanism

Alberto Trevisan – alberto.trevisan.6@studenti.unipd.it – Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering Updated in Jenuary 2017 Introduction In full-scale helicopters the primary stabilizing method, in most cases the only one, is the aero-elastic flapping of the rotor blades due to its high … Continue reading
Landing gear shimmy

Aim of this study is to create a model with multibody software ADAMS of the landing gear in order to observe what happen with particular attention at the shimmy phenomenon. Continue reading
Light off-road vehicle

Study of a light truck prototype, off-road category with rear-wheel drive Continue reading
Mountain bike jump

Eros Todaro – eros.todaro@studenti.unipd.it – Master degree in Mechanical Engineering updated July 2016 INTRODUCTION During the last 12 months I discovered how beautiful was to go out for a bike ride, just to relax and have some physical activity in … Continue reading
Scara robot’s gripping system
Giovanni Dalla Vecchia – giovanni.dallavecchia@studenti.unipd.it – Master degree in Mechanical Engineering updated September 2016 INTRODUCTION In recent years the science of Robotics has been receiving strong impetus for growth as a result of increasingly more advanced developments in the field … Continue reading
Spring vs. air rear shock absorber

In the world of motorcycles racing, and generally in any motorsport competition, it has always been a matter of weight.In the logic of “the lightest, the better” there has always been a constant research and development of new technologies and ideas to fulfill this need. Every component must be as light as possible and, keeping that in mind, even replacing the mechanical spring (700 grams circa) of a rear shock absorber with an air spring, can make the difference.That’s exactly what has been done, and the project here presented aims to test and verify the behavior of an air shock absorber, comparing it to a traditional one. Continue reading
Tyre testing machine

Alessandro Guzzon – alessandro.guzzon@studenti.unipd.it – Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering updated on January, 2017 Introduction The purpose of the project was to model and simulate the TyreMeter machine [1,2] developed and installed at the University of Padova – Department of Industrial Engineering. … Continue reading
TMS bicycle

Study of TMS (two mass skate) bike in Adams in order to recreate the behavior of real experimental structure. Continue reading
Wind turbine blade
Matteo Pregrasso – matteo.pregrasso@gmail.com – Master degree in Mechanical Engineering updated on November, 2016 Introduction This project is about the dynamics and mechanical response of a 50kW wind turbine blade. The first part of the project is the fluid-dynamics study and … Continue reading