The Daytona Prototype is a new class of Grand Am racing car. Jeff Berger, director of an Indianapolis-based engineering firm called Fin-el (Indianapolis, Indiana), recently teamed up with race car manufacturer, FABCAR. The entire vehicle, including composite body surfaces, was modeled in Solid Edge. Berger imported files of the suspension and roll bar from FABCAR into the
CAEFEM finite-element analysis program, to test the functionality of these parts before they
were built.

Flawless performance during its maiden win in the Nextel Grand Prix of Miami in March 2003 demonstrates the success of this design process.


For more information, please visit the following sites:
http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/solid_edge/select/success_daytona.htm

http://www.fin-el.com
 

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