Turbo Charger

[ZXRider]

Hello ladies and gentlemen

new forum member here and I came across your forum while trying to come up with some ideas for an upcoming project. I am currently enrolled in a Solid Works class and as our final project we get to model something we are interested in. I'm really interested into modeling a turbo charger. The model does not really need to be 100% detailed as long as it resembles the object and resembles it. Now I understand the object I picked is something a pro could only do and probably out of my league, but I would like to at least give it a try.

I was wondering if you would be kind enough to direct me to the correct path. I honestly am stumped and don't know where to begin. Should I start with the internals of the turbo charger or go with the externals first. I found various different schematics of turbo chargers but simply don't know where to start. Any tips/inputs is appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[michael3130]

ZXrider,


Can you post some images of the turbo charger please


Thanks


Michael

 

[splinedesigns]

ZXRider,

You are correct in stating it is a pro level job, but I will give you some
ideas, you can do it but you will have to put in an effort, this is not a 4
hour job.

Since this is not going to be used in an actual application you will OK to
just build it so it looks good. If you actually have to design and build it to
test, forget about even trying, the ratios to get the shape so you get the
correct flow is very difficult.

Just so you understand what is required, almost the entire project will
have to be done with surfaces.

The first thing you will build is the shell, that is the outer housing shape
of the unit. You will need to put a angled datum planes at various
degrees so you can sketch the curves on to them.

Once you have created your curves you will need create a swept or lofted
surface,next merge them all into a water tight surface.

The reason you create the surface is so you can utilize that to offset
surfaces to create the core. You may need to offset only certain features
of the housing and build the rest from scratch.

Once you have created the core merge all of those surfaces.

Turn the Housing surface you created into a solid.

Take the core surface and use it to cut the housing solid.

This is very generic description of what needs to happen,

I have an image of the curves used to create a turbo so you have an idea
but the forum only allows images of 15kb or smaller and if I change it to
meet those requirements you cannot see it very well, you can send me
your email address and I can send it to you if you would like.

Best regards.




Edited by: splinedesigns

 

[design-engine]

the trick with the turbo is the internal surfaces or the core. Quite complicated. You should pick another project because any manager looking to hire will know you faked the inside surfaces w/o doing a fluid dynamics simulation. If your going to fake something pick something that looks cool like a race car seat.
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[ZXRider]

Thanks for the input and advices everyone.

As I mentioned earlier, this is for my first semester Solid Works class and the teacher wants us to show him that so far we have understood what he has been teaching us. He was basically use everything we have learned so far.

It will not be created for test or anything. Just want to work on something that shows I put an effort and utilized what I have learned so far.

Someone asked for a picture of a turbo charger, here is a basic idea of what it looks like.

 

[JanK]

Hello , you can find nice turbo chargers on http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/3dcontentcentral/


see [url]http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/3dcontentcentral/Download-Mo del.aspx?catalogid=171&id=7494 [/url]





and [url]http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/3dcontentcentral/Download-Mo del.aspx?catalogid=171&id=3421 [/url]


Good luck Jan