MINIMUM LAP TIME CALCULATION USING MATLAB

Formula Student car, to participate in different Formula Student events. Though the car was designed and all designed systems and components were validated using Static Simulation, but it was not known how would car perform on the actual track. By using different dynamic simulation methods and MATLAB programming, team has tried to understand the vehicle behaviour on track. One of the methods used by the team was, to calculate the limiting velocity for each curve on the track and to calculate the time required by the car to complete one Endurance lap of Formula Bharat 2020. This was achieved by making a mathematical model and using concepts of vehicle Dynamics. In the study different cases of the track are also discussed and how does the car behave at different portion of the track is clearly explained in the study. This helps the driver to handle the car properly. As with this information driver would be able to know how his car would behave at different corners of the track.