Innovation Project

Trevor Campbell,
Samuel Johnson,
Ty Polsgrove,
Dion Tuitt
October 20, 2014

Agenda

Requirements
Restrictions
Research
Schematics
Final Design

Agenda (Cont.)

Test Results
Lessons Learned
Bill of Materials
Alternate Cart Ideas
Improvement Opportunities
Bibliography

Requirements

Carry 200 grams

20 feet
6 foot wide road
Built to specifications
Built within a set budget
Needs to stop itself

Restrictions

$15 budget
Dimensions no bigger than 16x5x8
Accelerated by its own means
Only specific items are allowed to be used

Research
Reduces the emission of greenhouse gases and increases the durability of
concrete. ("Fly Ash Facts for Highway Engineers")

A mixture of 20%-30% fly ash will improve the strength of the concrete in the
long run (Helmuth, 35)
Fly ash is a solid, very finely grained product of the combustion of coal in a power
stations furnace (Weshce, 5).

Research (Cont.)
There are two different types of classes of fly ash, Class F and Class C fly
ash (Weshce, 5).

Fly ash has hollow, spherical particles (United States, 3).

Collecting fly ash is through the use of electrostatic precipitators (United
States, 3).
It is usually stored in one of three different ways (United Staes, 3).

Schematics

Final Design

Test Results
Test One: 77 from target, went off road.
Test Two: 22 from target and stayed on road.

Lessons Learned
Bigger isnt always better.
Plan, prototype, repeat.

Dont give up on an idea too fast.

Bill of
Materials

Alternate Cart Ideas

Motor
Fan - Lack of power
o Gears - Too complex
o

Wheels
o

Wooden wheels - Difficulty rolling

Improvement Opportunities

Wheels
More weight
Better traction
Stronger Spring

Bibliography

"Fly Ash Facts for Highway Engineers." Http://www.fhwa.dot.gov. June 13, 2003.

Helmuth, R. A. 1987. Fly ash in cement and concrete. Skokie, Ill: Portland Cement Association.

United States, and American Coal Ash Association. 1995. Fly ash facts for highway engineers.
[Washington, D.C.]: Federal Highway Administration [Office of Technology Applications.

Wesche, Karlhans. Fly Ash in Concrete: Properties and Performance. London: Chapman & Hall,
1991. 1-18.