This week we had another presentation due and I must say I was quite nervous about it. I believe this is due to my lack of input within our project. I have recently experienced a death in the family. This has somewhat demotivated me to work. But like they say the show must go on. I would like to mention my partner Richard as he was the star with our presentation. He helped me out when I got stuck and really pulled my weight along with him.
As normal we let the class ask us any concerns they have in regards to our project. Surprisingly this time it was Gerry who saw a possible flaw with our design. He told us that if we put our exhaust brake behind the turbo then we would be spooling up the turbo more. To further explain his point he linked his concern with a vacuum cleaner. What happens to a vacuum cleaner when u block the opening? It speeds up right. He suggested that by placing our exhaust brake behind the turbo we would cause serious damage to the turbo.
Other issues pointed out by the class were heat dissipation, the size of the area of the exhaust bypass and a possible fail safe system. Unfortunately Anura was not present in the class today to give us feedback upon what we have done. No matter tho we have an appointment with him on Thursday so we will discuss it then.
I would like to leave here today with some good news. Richard finally has solid works onto his computer. This means we can finally get started onto designing our exhaust brake virtually.
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