You know what is sweet? Fast stuff is sweet. But the new SuperSonic Car adventure blows the whole concept of fast, along with the previously held 763 MPH land speed record, right off the sands of the Nevada desert.
Richard Noble, developer of the record-setting Thrust SCC, piloted by Andy Green, is at it again to break the 1,000 MPH mark with the triple-jet powered Bloodhound SSC. Hot, and even hotter, the initial 3D data is all SolidWorks. Check it out.
Editors Note:Since the post went up, we have learned that the mechanical design was done using Siemens PLM NX, in conjuction with a design team led by John Piper, and that Siemens is a partner of the Bloodhoud SSC Team. Thanks to Neil Dunsmuir, UK Marketing Director, UGS PLM Software for clarifying this.
Curventa DesignWorks, with a record of award winning product design and development, has been working with Noble, helping his team develop 3D models of the sound-breaking beast. The London based team has been responsible for the up-front 3D CAD development and continued to support the effort through the 1,000 MPH attempt slated for 2011.
The Tease
This shows you the idea of what the Bloodhound SSC will look like flying across the Black Rock Desert in Nevada (US). Can it outrun a bullet? Take a look.
The Engineering
The idea? To accelerate the car from 0-1,050 MPH…in 40 seconds. Andy Green will experience a force of 2.5g on acceleration and 3g on decelerations.
The Images
The rendering was done in ???? (We’ll have to find that out, I’m guessing Hypershot) but you get an idea of the power and scale on the 42 foot (12.8 meter) machine.
More Resources
Supersonic car targets 1,000mph – BBC News
Thrust SSC
Bloodhound SCC
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Wow, tha'ts amazing. The design is elegant. Who's got the brass to strap in and fire this baby up?
Devon
Anyone who drives this must be a speed junkie. Totally awesome rendering and section views.
Andy Green will be the driver and he's also the one that broke the sound barrier in the Thrust SSC, so yeah, he is definitlye a speeeeeed junkieeee. can you even imagine 2-3g's pushing against you. At 1000+ MPH, I guess it doesn't matter if the intake is right above your head.
All mechanical design done on Bloodhound is actually done on NX. The design team, led by John Piper, as using NX to design the car. The surface of the car wasn't done in NX and the CFD is done by Swansea University and their own code. The renderings you see here weren't done on NX either.
However, I can assure you that the mechaincal design of the car isn't done using Solidworks. I know this as Siemens PLM are already a technical partner to the Bloodhound team.
Neil, hi, Thanks for clarifying this. I've added a note to the post about this. I realize the mechanical design was not done using SolidWorks. I stated that the initial up-front design, however, was. But I don't mind pointing out the fact that NX was used in the process. All the programs used is something missing in a lot of cases studies and is extremely difficult to track down. Thanks again!
Thanks to Noble & Green, imagination is brought to reality
Pity the 2nd YouTube video is private not all people register to it.
Thanks to Noble & Green, imagination is brought to reality
Pity the 2nd YouTube video is private not all people register to it.
Thanks to Noble & Green, imagination is brought to reality
Pity the 2nd YouTube video is private not all people register to it.
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