University of Minnesota Duluth Engineering Design Challenge (2014: U.S. Air Force Lift Kit)

Abstract

This report discusses the lifting mechanism designed by Bulldog Innovations for the United States Air Force design competition. The goal of the competition is to redesign a solution for rescuing personnel or equipment that may become trapped beneath an overturned vehicle weighing up to 45,000 lbs. The design will be judged on overall weight, size, lifting capacity, and ease of transporting. Many initial designs were considered including fire hose lift bags, hydraulic lifts, a scissor lift, a spring loaded pawl tri-pod, and a pulley lift system. These devices were proven to be undesirable due to many issues including weight, buckling under high impact forces, and cost. Due to the condensed timeline of this single semester project, Bulldog Innovations had to disprove ineffective solutions and confirm the optimal feasible design as soon as possible to complete the project on schedule.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 2015
Accession Number
AD1013279

Entities

People

  • Bill Pederson

Organizations

  • Regents of the University of Minnesota

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Composite Materials
  • Cost Analysis
  • Electric Motors
  • Elements
  • Engineers
  • Gears
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Tensile Testers
  • United States

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