Analysis & PLM at Hendrick Motorsports

Analysis and PLM in NASCAR Competition Jim Wall Engine Engineering Director Hendrick Motorsports

Company History
Founded in 1984 by Rick Hendrick as All-Star Racing in 5000 ft^2 rented from Crew Chief Harry Hyde
First Year Highlights
Driver was Geoff Bodine
Sponsor was Northwestern Security Life
3 Wins at Martinsville, Riverside, and Nashville
3 Poles at Bristol, Martinsville, and Rockingham
Finished 9 th in Points Standings

HMS Complex
Located in Charlotte, NC on Cabarrus and Mecklenburg County line
90 acres
14 buildings
500+ people
588 2448 Chassis Engine Carbon CP MS TC Show Cars WH

2009 Teams and Customers
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
5, 24, 48, 88 In House Full Time
14, 39, External Full Time
09, 78, 25 Part Time
NASCAR Nationwide Series
88 In House Full Time
1 External Full Time
5, 80 Part Time
Total of 377 Test and Race Events in 2009

Chassis Architecture
Sprint Cup Series
3450 lb (1564 kg) Overall Weight
1725 lb (782 kg) Maximum Rear Weight
RF and LR Cross-weight Total not to Exceed 55% or less than 44% of Overall Weight
110” (2794 mm) Wheelbase
61 ½” (1562 mm) Tread Width
4 Wheel Vented Disc Brakes
Double A-arm Front Suspension with Anti-Roll Bar
Dual Trailing Arm Solid Rear Axle with Anti-Roll Bar
Worm Gear Steering Box With Centerlink, Idler Arm, and Tie Rods Using Production Based Components

Engine Architecture
Sprint Cup Series
8 Cylinder 90 degree V-8 2 Valves Per Cylinder
OE Supplied Cast Iron Block with Aluminum Heads
350 - 358 in^3 (5.735 - 5.867 liters) Displacement
4.185” (106.299 mm) Maximum Bore Diameter
12.0:1 Maximum Compression Ratio
Flat Tappet Camshaft
0.875” Maximum Tappet Diameter
Single 830 CFM Holley Carburetor
Typical Open Configuration
850 STDHp (633 kW) at 8600 RPM with 550 STDFt-lbs (745 N-m) at 7500 RPM
Typical Restricted Configuration
450 STDHp (335 kW) at 8000 RPM with 355 STDFt-lbs (481 N-m) at 6000 RPM

Siemens PLM Software Tools
Product Data Management
Teamcenter Unified
Teamcenter Enterprise
NX CAD/CAM/CAE Tools
NX
IdeasNX
Imageware
Camand

Siemens PLM System Stats
Assemblies = 1981
Components = 8004
Commercial Parts = 956
CAD “items” = 14,896
Physical parts (engines and cars) = 937
Specification documents = 9988
Dyno Tests = 12,548
ER’s = 3086
NFET = 487
NFVT = 560
Vehicle Reports = 616
Vehicle data docs = 1225
Manufacturing docs = 2217
Problem Reports = 2196
TcEnt database size = 26 GB
WIP Vault = 37.6 GB, 57,889 items
Release Vault = 1.6 GB, 44,225 items
CAD users = 71
PDM user count = 237

Reverse Engineering
Points to Curves to Surfaces to Solids
Used for Analysis, Manufacturing, Prototyping

Analysis and Simulation
Analysis Predicted Correct Failure Mode

Analysis and Simulation

Wind Tunnel Testing
HMS ran a 40% Scale Model Test Program in Preparation for COT

Wind Tunnel Testing
Model Carries Full Under Hood Detail With SLA components

Thank you for your time and for inviting me to speak!
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