About

US

We are Sven Jacobs and Denise Jeurissen, both master students in Engineering and studying Electromechanics Focus Intelligent Manufacturing at KULeuven campus GROUP T.
This year, we work together with 20 other students in the student team Formula Group T. Our goal is to build a Formula Student vehicle and participate in multiple Formula Student competitions in Europe during the summer of 2014. We will be responsible for the design and development of a diffuser for this year’s vehicle.

OUR BLOG

The content of our blog will be about topics related to our thesis and the technologies that we use. A reflection of these technologies and their impact on society, as well as the impact of society on this technology will be given.
Note that we will give our own opinion about these topics and justify it with facts. You are free to react and share your opinion, so we can try to understand your point of view and broaden ours.

OUR THESIS

The aerodynamic design of a diffuser for a Formula Student vehicle is the topic of our thesis.
A diffuser is an aerodynamic device that is used to enhance the airflow underneath the car. By doing so, more downforce will be created without actually adding weight to the vehicle, thus making it easier to handle and accelerate faster.
Since this year’s car will have a lower weight, it will be more interesting to investigate devices that generate extra downforce, so the optimal grip on the track can still be achieved.

FORMULA GROUP T

Formula Group T is a student team at KULeuven campus GROUP T and consists of 16 students. Together they design and develop an electric Formula Student vehicle which they can compete with in the Formula Student events across Europe.
In 2013-2014 they will be working on their third car. The knowledge gained from the previous cars, Areion and Eve, is of a great importance and is used to improve the new car even more. This way a better car can be developed year after year.
Formula Student is an international engineering competition in which engineering students from all over the world compete against each other with their self-build Formula Student vehicle. This is a small, open wheel based F1-like car. The competition has static and dynamic events. Static events are presenting a business plan, a cost report and a design report for a jury of people who work in the automotive world. The dynamic events consist of a skidpad (8-shaped track), accelaration, sprint (1 km track) and an endurance event (22 km track). During the endurance event the energy efficiency of each car is measured as well. All these events are graded by the judges and add up to the total score of each team.
Both combustion and electric cars compete against each other during these events.
More info can be found on the website: http://formulagroupt.be/.