NIT Jamshedpur at the Top of the World

At last Indian thrust produced fruits and the year 2010 proved to be lucky for India, as first time in the last 25 years of history of Formula SAE, any Indian team won first prize. Formula SAE is a student design event conducted by Society of Automobile Engineers. It began over 25 years ago in USA with a few of universities and now serves as one of the major organizations working in the field of spreading automobile knowledge. The event is organized in 8 different countries round a year that includes Australia, UK, Germany, USA, Italy, Brazil, and Japan. In 2010, it held from December 9-12in Melbourne(Australia)
  Drift Racing Team of NIT Jamshedpur won the title for COST REPORT and PRESENTATION EVENT and became the first Indian team to win this and first team in the world to win it in its very first event. The 13-member team Team could not take part in dynamic events but participated in static events and won the event of cost report (the most economic car )which is meant for making the best car with optimum resources and cost without compromising the performance. It was the only team there that was not with the car but amazed the judges by winning the Cost event.
   For better detail and more information continue reading the following 'Drift Racing Team- Press Release 16-12-2010'

Drift Racing Team- Press Release 16-12-2010

 Formula SAE

Formula SAE is a student design event conducted by Society of Automobile Engineers. It began over 25 years ago in USA with a few of universities and now serves as one of the major organizations working in the field of spreading automobile knowledge. The event is organized in 8 different countries round a year that includes Australia, UK, Germany, USA, Italy, Brazil, and Japan.

It challenges students to design, built and race a one man, open wheeled race car assuming that they have been engaged by a manufacturing firm to produce a prototype car for evaluation as a potential production item. The resisted car engine capacity and a set of rules lay by SAE forces students to widen their realm of creativity and imagination and think out of box. The vehicle is tested for its aerodynamic design, high performance, acceleration, braking and handling.  It also engages student to master skills of both engineering and non-engineering fields.

History in India

The following colleges in India have participated in International Formula SAE competitions:       

Delhi College of Engineering,Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University,Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay,Indian institute of technology  , Delhi,Indian institute of technology  , Kharagpur,K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai,Laxmi Devi Institute of Engineering and Technology,Manipal University,Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology,Thapar University and others……..

Formula SAE has also been started in India last year and is strengthening with more than 60 colleges participating this year.

 “Drift Racing Team”- from National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur representing INDIA,  successfully participated in the static event of Formula-SAE Australasia 2010, and finished 1^st  in the event-“COST REPORT and PRESENTATION EVENT” among 30 teams from different universities  of Australia, USA,  Japan  South Korea ,New Zealand and India.

·         Formula SAE Australasia event is an annual International Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Event, in which teams from universities across the world, design, build and race a prototype racing car. The event was judged by engineers from eclectic international Automobile companies such as Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Hyundai.  This event was held at Victoria University, Australia.

·         For the year 2010, Drift Racing Team owes its success to NIT Jamshedpur as well as its Golden Sponsor TATA STEEL for its constant support for our endeavor. We are very thankful to our honorable Chairman Mr. B. Muthuraman and our Director, Prof. Rajnish Srivastava, without whose support and encouragement such an achievement would not have been possible.

·        We would also like to thank our bronze sponsors- AIADA Industrial region which includes Shokhi Engineering Company, Hard Rock Fabrications, Ramakrishna Forging, Auto-Fibre craft, and Garg Industries for their support and also Eaton Electronics, USA for their technical support.

·         However, we could not take our car to Australia due to lack of sponsorship funds and delay in arrival of imported automotive parts from abroad. But still, we never gave up our hope and gave our best effort in spite of such conditions.

·         Moreover, the future looks bright for our car and we will be able to upgrade our car with new imported parts by March 2011 and participate in FORMULA STUDENT UK, which will be held in July 2011.

·         Drift racing team is the First Indian team to win in an international Formula SAE event and is first team to win in its very first event. Earlier Drift racing team was second runner up at FSAE India design challenge 2009.

We could not participate in the dynamic events as we did not have the car but the team  won the static event of cost report (the most economic car )which is meant for making the best car with optimum resources and cost without compromising the performance. Ours was the only team there that was not with the car but amazed the judges by winning the Cost event.

The team had crossed many hurdles while designing the car. Though we did our best to design the car virtually on paper and computer monitors but we couldn’t manufacture the car on time due to lack of funds, also the members who had made India proud at Australia had to participate in the event on their own expenses. Now, we are planning to participate in FORMULA-SAE U.K. from 13^th July, 2011 to 17^th July, 2011 with the same spirit and positive hope.

Specification Sheet of the Car:

Car Type	4 wheel, single open cockpit, formula style
Frame Construction	Steel space frame using SAE 4130 steel tubes
Overall Dimensions L/W/H (mm)	2100mm/1450mm/1180mm
Wheelbase	1575mm
Track Width (front/rear) in mm	1250/1200mm
Target weight with driver	270kg
Suspension	4 wheel independent, push rods actuated non-parallel ‘A’ arms
Drive Type	Rear Wheel driven
Differential	Chain drive
Brake System	Twin rotor on front and single differential mounted rotor at rear, bias adjustable
Steering System	Customized steering design
Tyres	Goodyear R13 , D2696
Engine	HONDA CBR 600cc mpfi, supercharged by EATON M24 supercharger
Fuel	93-100 octane Petrol

  

Comments by judges

Technical judges present at the event said that the car was designed after a “lot of hard work” and was “innovative” and the reports made were “different from other teams” and “very comprehensive” as compared to other FSAE teams. The SAE President along with other SAE officials also said that with the DR211 design, the NIT team would have been “very competitive” and “would have definitely done well” at this year’s competition.

Cost Estimate for Project Formula SAE-NIT Jamshedpur  2010-2011 INR Competition Expenditure I. Registration for Formula SAE Australasia(in July 2010) 1,73,000 II. Car Shipping* 7,00,000 III. Team travel & Accomodation* 5,00,000 Cost of the Car DR211 I. Engine (Honda CBR 600cc superbike) 2,80,000 II.Engine Modification# 1,20,000 III.Chassis 40,000 IV. Suspension# 90,000 V. Tyres( 2 set)* 90,000 VI. Alloy Wheels (2 set)* 60,000 VII. Brakes* 25,000 VIII. Steering* 20,000 IX. Electrical* 15,000 X. Transmission# 75,000 XI.Gear Shifter 60,000 : XII. Driver's safety Equipments* 90,000 XIII. Outer Body and wings* 80,000 XIV. Aerodynamics* 10,000 XV. Miscellaneous (Nuts , Bolts & Tools)* 25,000 Car Development Cost: 10,80,000                                                                   Total cost: 24,53,000 *-yet to be procured #-partially procured

The Team:

Faculty Advisor: Prof. Shalendra Kumar

Captain: Uttam Kumar

S.NO	NAME	BRANCH
1	Uttam Kumar	Mechanical Engineering
2	Turam Purty	Metallurgical Engineering
3	Saikat Shekhar Sardar	Metallurgical Engineering
4	Rahul	Mechanical Engineering
5	Rahul Singh	Mechanical Engineering
6	Rahul kumar	Mechanical Engineering
7	Alok kr. Verma	Civil Engineering
8	Nitin Agarwal	Civil Engineering
9	Tahir Sousa	Electronics & Comm. Engg.
10	Vamsee Krishna Tangirala	Electronics & Comm. Engg.
11	Aditya Kumar	Mechanical Engineering
12	Soumyadeep Viswas	Mechanical Engineering
13	Alok Srivastava	Mechanical Engineering

Saikat Shekhar Sardar, Nitin Agarwal and Tahir Sousa went to Australia for participation in FSAE Australasia 2010 on their own expenses due to lack of funds.