Functional Analysis

A functional decomposition provides a general overview of the project purpose and

the expected
components. Its� simple format helps to easily depict what the project must
accomplish and then
helps outline viable design solutions. The auxiliary functions are the components
outside of the
immediate design that will help integrate the alpha design with the Baja vehicle.
Adding these
auxiliary requirements to the visual showed Team 6 which gear reduction components
will need
to be supported by the gearbox design. In addition, the arrows throughout the
analysis are labeled
to show Team 6 which components have an applied torque or an angular velocity.
Because of
these labels, Team 6 was able to get an idea of which components will need to be
supported by
bearings and which components will need to have force analysis conducted on them.
The
functional decomposition also accounts for the energy outputs as a result of the
movement of our
design components, highlighting which areas of the design will affect efficiency.
Based on the
alpha design, the functional decomposition is now equipped to also represent the
transfer of
mechanical energy from the input shaft to the first gear reduction, to the
intermediate shaft, to the
second gear reduction, and finally to the output shaft to power the vehicles wheels