technical cockpit, driver restraint system, powertrain,aero, vehicle and driver equipment,autonomous system

The cockpit must provide a free internal cross section sufficient for the template shown on the right in figure 10 to pass from the cockpit opening to a point ….rearwards of the face of the rearmost pedal in an inoperative position.

100mm

Percy (95th percentile male)

the helmet of a 95th percentile male and all of the team’s drivers must : 

Be a minimum of 50mm away from the straight line drawn from the top of the main hoop to the top of the front hoop.

• Be a minimum of 50mm away from the straight line drawn from the top of the main hoop to the lower end of the main hoop bracing if the bracing extends rearwards.

• Be no further rearwards than the rear surface of the main hoop if the main hoop bracing extends forwards

The 95th percentile male is represented by a two dimensional figure consisting of

two circles of 200mm diameter and one circle of 300mm

The two 200mm circles are connected by a straight line measuring ….. The 300mm circle is connected by a straight line measuring…. with the upper 200mm circle.

The distance between the center of the circle and the rearmost actuation face of the pedals must be minimum….

490mm

280mm

915mm

If there is any chassis member alongside the driver at the height of the neck of any of the drivers in the team

a metal tube or piece of sheet metal must be attached to the chassis to prevent the driver’s shoulders from passing under that chassis member

Any harness attachment to a monocoque must be using one…..‘bolt or two…… bolts and steel backing plates with a minimum thickness of ...

10mm metric grade 8.8

8mm metric grade 8.8

2mm

It must be proven that the attachments for shoulder and lap belts can support a load of …..and the attachment points of the anti-submarine belts can support a load of….

13kN

6.5kN

If the lap belts and anti-submarine belts are attached less than ….apart, these must support a total load of…

100mm

19.5kN

If the belts are attached to a laminated structure or the mounting brackets and tabs are not made from steel at least ……., physical testing is required.

1.6mm thick

Adequate heat insulation must be provided to ensure that the driver is not able to contact any parts of the vehicle with a surface temperature above

60◦C

three types of heat transfer

Conduction insulation by:

No direct contact

a heat resistant, conduction insulation material with a minimum thickness of….

Convection insulation by a minimum air gap of….

Radiation insulation by:

A solid metal heat shield with a minimum thickness of….

reflective foil or tape

8mm

25mm

0.4mm

The firewall must cover any straight line between the parts and any part of the tallest driver below a plane … above the bottom of the helmet.

100mm

Multiple panels may be used to form the firewall but must overlap at least

5mm

Seated in a normal driving position, the driver must have a minimum field of vision of … to either side.

100◦

All drivers must be able to exit to the side of the vehicle in less than ….with the driver in the fully seated position, hands in the driving position on the connected steering wheel wearing the required driver equipment

5s

6-point system

consists of a two-piece lap belt (minimum width 50mm), two shoulder straps (minimum width 75mm) and two leg or anti-submarine straps (minimum width 50mm)

upright driving position

position with a seat back angled at 30◦ or less from the vertical

reclined driving position

position with a seat back angled at more than 30◦ from the vertical

With an “upright driving position”, in side view the lap belt must be at an angle of

between 45◦ and 65◦ to the horizontal.

With a “reclined driving position”, in side view the lap belt must be between an angle of .

60◦ and 80◦ to the horizontal

In “upright driving position” the centerline of the lap belt at the seat bottom should …..forward of the seat back to seat bottom junction

be between 0mm to 76mm

The shoulder harness mounting points must be between …. and …..apart, measured center to center.

180mm

230mm

From the driver’s shoulders rearwards to the mounting point or structural guide, the shoulder harness must be between … above the horizontal and …. below the horizontal

10 moires

20 moires

A head restraint must be provided on the vehicle to limit the rearward motion of the driver’s head and must be padded with an energy absorbing material with a minimum thickness of

40mm

A head restraint must include a rectangular area of at least a minimum width and height of

150mm

The head restraint is no more than ….away from the back of the driver’s helmet

25mm

The contact point of the back of the driver’s helmet on the head restraint is no less than….. from any edge of the head restraint

50mm

The head restraint and its mounting must withstand a force of …applied in the rearward direction at any point on its surface

890N

Any portion of the roll bar, roll bar bracing or chassis which might be contacted by the driver’s helmet must be covered with a minimum thickness of…..

12mm of padding

All moving suspension and steering system components and other sharp edges inside the cockpit between the front hoop and a vertical plane …..rearward of the pedals, must be shielded with solid material

100mm

The brake pedal, including the load transfering pedal face and its mounting, must be designed to withstand a force of …..without any failure of the brake system or pedal box

2kN

The brake pedal, including pedal face, must be fabricated from……  or machined from…..

steel or aluminium

steel, aluminium or titanium

The vehicle must be equipped with one brake light that is illuminated if and only if

the hydraulic brake system is actuated

The brake light must

• be a red light. • be clearly visible from the rear.

Cooling systems using plain water must have a heat resistant rigid and rigidly mounted cover which covers any part of the tallest driver below a plane…. above the bottom of the helmet

100mm

Separate catch cans must be employed to retain fluids other than plain water from any vents of the cooling system or combustion engine lubrication system. Each catch-can must have a minimum volume of….

10% of the fluid being contained or 900mL whichever is greater.

Any vent for systems containing plain water must have a catch-can with a minimum volume of…. 

10% of the fluid being contained or 100mL, whichever is greater.

All parts of the engine, motor(s) cooling and lubrication system, including their mountings, must be rated for at least ( temperature)

100◦C or the temperatures the respective fluid may reach, whichever is higher

Any catch can must vent through a hose with a minimum internal diameter of …..down to the bottom level of the chassis and must exit outside the bodywork.

3mm

Exposed rotating final drivetrain parts, such as gears, clutches, chains and belts must be fitted with scatter shields. Scatter shields and their mountings must  Be constructed of non-perforated ….steel or ….aluminium alloy

Be attached with…. bolt

2mm

3mm

6mm metric grade 8.8

Finger guards are required to cover any parts that spin while the vehicle is stationary. Finger guards may be made of lighter material, sufficient to resist finger forces. Mesh or perforated material may be used but must prevent the passage of a …..diameter object through the guard

12mm

All aerodynamic devices forward of a vertical plane through the rearmost portion of the front face of the driver head restraint support must be lower than ….from the ground

500mm

All aerodynamic devices in front of the front axle and extending further outboard than the most inboard point of the front tire/wheel must be lower than …. from the ground

250mm

All aerodynamic devices rearward of a vertical plane through the rearmost portion of the front face of the driver head restraint support must be lower than…. from the ground

1.1m

All aerodynamic devices lower than 500mm from the ground and further rearward than the front axle, must not be wider than 

a vertical plane touching the most outboard point of the front and rear wheel/tire

All aerodynamic devices higher than 500mm from the ground, must not extend

outboard of the most inboard point of the rear wheel/tire

All aerodynamic devices must not extend further rearward than ….from the rearmost part of the rear tires

250mm

All aerodynamic devices must not extend further forward than ….from the fronts of the front tires

700mm

Any aerodynamic device must be able to withstand a force of ….distributed over a minimum surface of…. and not deflect more than ….in the load carrying direction

200N

225cm2

10mm

Any aerodynamic device must be able to withstand a force of….applied in any direction at any point and not deflect more than….

50N

25mm

The working gas of any CGS(Compressed Gas Systems) must be

air or pure nitrogen (N2)

The maximum possible operating pressure inside any CGS must not exceed

10bar

The driver and anyone standing outside the vehicle must be shielded from all parts of any HPHS (High Pressure Hydraulic Systems) with an operating pressure of

2100kPa or higher.

Any bolted joint in the primary structure and mounting of the TSAC to the chassis using either tabs or brackets, must have an edge distance ratio “e/D” of …..or greater. “D” equals… and “e” equals….. of the tab or bracket.

1.5

the hole diameter

the distance from the hole centerline to the nearest free edge

]The maximum allowed voltage for motor controller/inverters internal low power control signals is

75VDC

Master switches must be a mechanical switch of the rotary type, with a red, removable handle. The handle must have a width of at least

50mm

The center of any master switch must not be mounted lower than the vertical distance of the template’s middle circle center to the ground surface…

multiplied by 0.8.

The LVMS must be mounted in the middle of a completely red circular area of …..diameter placed on a high contrast background. The LVMSmust be marked with …and a symbol showing …..

≥50mm

“LV”

a red spark in a white edged blue triangle

The minimum allowed diameter of the shutdown buttons on both sides of the vehicle is

40mm

One shutdown button serves as a cockpit-mounted shutdown button and must Have a minimum diameter of

24mm

To detect hard braking, a brake system pressure sensor must be used. The threshold must be chosen such that there are no locked wheels and the brake pressure is….

≤30bar

vehicle number:Height

At least 150mm high

vehicle number: font

Roman Sans-Serif characters

vehicle number :Stroke width and spacing between numbers

At least 20mm

vehicle number: Color

Either white numbers on a black background or black numbers on a white background

 vehicle number :Background shape:…. . There must be at least ….between the edge of the numbers and the edge of the background.

round, oval, square or rectangular

25mm

Hybrid Vehicle Identification

“HY” in Roman Sans-Serif characters at least 75mm high in white on a red background

The university name must be displayed and written in ….characters that are at least…. on both sides of the vehicle. It must be horizontally aligned in the middle of the cockpit opening and the top must not be more than …..the lowest point of the cockpit opening.

Roman Sans-Serif

50mm tall

50mm below

Push Bar

must be …. color

a removable devic that attaches to the rear of the vehicle and allows two people to push and pull the vehicle while standing erect behind the vehicle.

red

The …..must be written on the push bar and on the jacks

university name

jacks

Each team must have one or two removable devices that hold the vehicle, so that all driven wheels are at least 100mm off the ground.

On both sides of the vehicle the devices pickup points must be indicated by….

orange triangles

driver equipment

well fitting, unmodified closed helmet

frontal head restrain(?)

balaclava

fire resistant one piece suit, underwear,socks, shoes , gloves

arm restraints

Whenthe remote emergency stop button is pressed

it must open the SDC

Whenthe “Go” button is pressed

the preselected autonomous mission is started.

The SDC may only be closed by the AS, if the following conditions are fulfilled:

• Manual Driving:….

• Autonomous Driving:….

Manual Mission is selected, the AS has checked that ASB is deactivated no autonomous brake actuation possible

Autonomous Mission is selected, ASMS is switched on and sufficient brake pressure is built up,brakes are closed.

The ASMS must be mounted in the middle of a completely …… placed on a high contrast background. The ASMS must be marked with ….

blue circular area of ≥50mm diameter

“AS”

When the ASMS is in “Off” position

No steering, braking and propulsion actuation can be performed by request of the autonomous system

The sensors and the processing units can stay operational

The vehicle must be able to be pushed

It must be possible to operate the vehicle manually as a normal CV

While the ASMS is switched to the “On” position

no person may be (seated) inside the vehicle

no other manual steps other than activating the TS may be performed at the vehicle

Steering system actuation, i.e. movement, must only happen if

the vehicle is in R2D mode or during “AS Emergency”

In autonomous mode, R2D mode may only be entered by the “Go” signal from the RES, after

the system has remained in “AS Ready” for at least 5s.

In autonomous mode, the vehicle must not start moving, until the system

has remained in “AS Driving” for at least 3s

AS off indicator

off

AS ready

yellow continuous

AS driving

yellow flashing

AS emergency

blue flashing and has to be indicated by an intermittent sound

• on-/off-frequency: 1Hz to 5Hz

• duty cycle 50%

• sound level between 80dBA and 90dBA

• duration between 8s and 10s

AS finished

blue continuous

During “AS Driving” and “AS Emergency” the ASSIs must be flashing continuously with a frequency between

2 Hz and 5 Hz 

One ASSI must be located on each side of the vehicle behind the driver’s compartment, in a region ….. The third ASSI must be located at the rear of the vehicle, on the vehicle centerline, in a region ….

160mm below the top of the main hoop and 600mm above the ground

160mm below the top of the main hoop and 100mm above the brake light.

The entire surface of at least one ASSI must be visible from any angle of the vehicle from a point …..vertically from ground level, within…. horizontal radius from the top of the main hoop

1.60m

3m

The system reaction time, i.e. the time between opening of the SDC and the start of the deceleration, must not exceed….

200ms

The average deceleration must be greater than …. under dry track conditions

10m/s2