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1 PRELIMINARY. 2017 -18 Formula SAE Rules Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ..3. PART A - ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS ..4. ARTICLE 1: Formula SAE OVERVIEW AND COMPETITION ..4. ARTICLE 2: THE 2015-2016 Formula SAE SERIES ..5. ARTICLE 3: Formula SAE Rules AND ORGANIZER AUTHORITY ..6. ARTICLE 4: INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS ..8. ARTICLE 5: FACULTY ADVISOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OFFICER AND ADVISOR .. 10. ARTICLE 6: VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY .. 11. ARTICLE 7: REGISTRATION .. 14. ARTICLE 8: VEHICLE DOCUMENTATION, DEADLINES AND PENALTIES .. 16. ARTICLE 9: PROTESTS .. 19. ARTICLE 10: QUESTIONS ABOUT THE Formula SAE Rules .. 20. APPENDIX A SAE TECHNICAL STANDARDS .. 22. PART T - GENERAL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.

2 24. ARTICLE 1: VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS & RESTRICTIONS .. 24. ARTICLE 2: GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS .. 25. ARTICLE 3: DRIVER S CELL .. 26. ARTICLE 4: COCKPIT .. 51. ARTICLE 5: DRIVERS EQUIPMENT (BELTS AND COCKPIT PADDING) .. 55. ARTICLE 6: GENERAL CHASSIS Rules .. 61. ARTICLE 7: BRAKE SYSTEM .. 63. ARTICLE 8: POWERTRAIN .. 65. ARTICLE 9: AERODYNAMIC DEVICES .. 67. ARTICLE 10: COMPRESSED GAS SYSTEMS AND HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULICS .. 70. ARTICLE 11: FASTENERS .. 70. ARTICLE 12: TRANSPONDERS .. 71. ARTICLE 13: VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION .. 72. ARTICLE 14: EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS .. 73. ARTICLE 15: POSSIBLE FUTURE Rules CHANGES .. 76. APPENDIX T-1 STRUCTURAL EQUIVALENCY SPREADSHEET .. 76. APPENDIX T-2 IMPACT ATTENUATOR DATA REPORT.

3 76. APPENDIX T-3 STANDARD IMPACT ATTENUATOR .. 77. PART AF - ALTERNATIVE FRAME Rules .. 79. ARTICLE 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .. 79. ARTICLE 2: STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION FORM (SRCF) .. 80. ARTICLE 3: DEFINITIONS .. 80. ARTICLE 4: STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS .. 80. ARTICLE 5: GENERAL ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS .. 83. ARTICLE 6: INTRUSION PREVENTION .. 84. ARTICLE 7: NON-APPLICABLE Rules : CHASSIS/FRAME .. 85. ARTICLE 8: NON-APPLICABLE Rules : ACCUMULATOR CONTAINER .. 86. PART IC - INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES .. 87. ARTICLE 1: INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE POWERTRAINS .. 87. ARTICLE 2: FUEL AND FUEL SYSTEM .. 97. ARTICLE 3: EXHAUST SYSTEM AND NOISE CONTROL .. 101. ARTICLE 4: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND SHUTDOWN SYSTEM.

4 102. PART EV - TECHNICAL REGULATIONS ELECTRIC VEHICLES .. 104. ARTICLE 1: ELECTRIC SYSTEM DEFINITIONS .. 104. 1. 2016 SAE International. All Rights Reserved 2017 -18 Formula SAE Rules April 11, 2016. PRELIMINARY. ARTICLE 2: ELECTRIC 105. ARTICLE 3: TRACTIVE SYSTEM - ENERGY 108. ARTICLE 4: TRACTIVE SYSTEM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .. 113. ARTICLE 5: SHUTDOWN CIRCUIT AND SYSTEMS .. 120. ARTICLE 6: FUSING .. 125. ARTICLE 7: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TESTS .. 126. ARTICLE 8: HIGH VOLTAGE PROCEDURES & TOOLS .. 127. ARTICLE 9: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FORM AND FMEA .. 129. PART S - STATIC EVENSTATIC T REGULATIONS .. 131. ARTICLE 1: STATIC EVENTS AND MAXIMUM SCORES .. 131. ARTICLE 2: TECHNICAL INSPECTION .. 131. ARTICLE 3: BUSINESS LOGIC CASE.

5 133. ARTICLE 4: COST AND MANUFACTURING EVENT .. 134. ARTICLE 5: PRESENTATION EVENT .. 145. ARTICLE 6: DESIGN EVENT .. 147. APPENDIX S 1 COST MODEL AND COST METHODOLOGY .. 151. APPENDIX S 2 STANDARD PART NUMBERING .. 156. APPENDIX S 3 ORGANIZED LIST OF SYSTEMS & ASSEMBLIES .. 157. APPENDIX S 4 POWER TOOL PACKAGE ENVELOPES .. 157. APPENDIX S 5 FSAE COST EVENT ADDENDUM .. 158. APPENDIX S 6 PRESENTATION JUDGING .. 159. APPENDIX S 7 DESIGN JUDGING .. 159. PART D - DYNAMIC EVENT REGULATIONS .. 160. ARTICLE 1: DYNAMIC EVENTS AND MAXIMUM SCORES .. 160. ARTICLE 2: WEATHER CONDITIONS .. 160. ARTICLE 3: RUNNING IN RAIN .. 160. ARTICLE 4: DRIVER LIMITATIONS .. 163. ARTICLE 5: ACCELERATION EVENT .. 163.

6 ARTICLE 6: SKID-PAD EVENT .. 164. ARTICLE 7: AUTOCROSS EVENT .. 167. ARTICLE 8: ENDURANCE AND EFFICIENCY .. 169. ARTICLE 9: FLAGS .. 177. ARTICLE 10: Rules OF CONDUCT .. 179. ARTICLE 11: GENERAL Rules .. 180. ARTICLE 12: PIT Rules .. 181. ARTICLE 13: DRIVING Rules .. 182. ARTICLE 14: DEFINITIONS .. 182. 2. 2016 SAE International. All Rights Reserved 2017 -18 Formula SAE Rules April 11, 2016. PRELIMINARY. 2017 -18 Formula SAE Rules INTRODUCTION. The Formula SAE are on a two year Rules cycle. Major changes will be made to the regulations only in odd numbered years. This publication of 2017 Formula SAE Rules will govern 2017 - 2018 competition years, however, if the organizers and FSAE Rules Committee find a need to make a change in even years they have the authority to do so.

7 Regardless of this policy, please note that rule changes for EV may take place yearly. Please note that the summary of changed Rules and the changed portions marked within the Rules themselves are provided for courtesy only, and may not include all changes. Teams and other participants in the Formula SAE competition are responsible for reading and complying with the Rules in their entirety. Please review the applicable Rules and do not assume that items from previous years remain valid. Definitions of Terms Used in the Rules Must or Shall designate a requirement. Should gives a recommendation May gives permission, neither a requirement or a recommendation Provide summary of major Rules changes here (bullet points).

8 3. 2016 SAE International. All Rights Reserved 2017 -18 Formula SAE Rules April 11, 2016. PRELIMINARY. 2017 -18 Formula SAE Rules PART A - ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS. ARTICLE 1: Formula SAE OVERVIEW AND COMPETITION. Formula SAE Competition Objective The Formula SAE Series competitions challenge teams of university undergraduate and graduate students to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and compete with small, Formula style, vehicles. To give teams the maximum design flexibility and the freedom to express their creativity and imaginations there are very few restrictions on the overall vehicle design. The challenge to teams is to develop a vehicle that can successfully compete in all the events described in the FSAE.

9 Rules . The competitions themselves give teams the chance to demonstrate and prove both their creativity and their engineering skills in comparison to teams from other universities around the world. Vehicle Design Objectives For the purpose of the Formula SAE competition, teams are to assume that they work for a design firm that is designing, fabricating, testing and demonstrating a prototype vehicle for the non- professional, weekend, competition market. The vehicle should have very high performance in terms of acceleration, braking and handling and be sufficiently durable to successfully complete all the events described in the Formula SAE Rules and held at the Formula SAE competitions. The vehicle must accommodate drivers whose stature ranges from 5th percentile female to 95th percentile male and must satisfy the requirements of the Formula SAE Rules .

10 Driver accommodation includes but is not limited to: driver visibility, steering wheel and shifter locations, pedals, lap and shoulder belt angles and head rest position. Detailed anthropometric data for the 5th percentile female and 95th percentile male may be found on the FSAE website Additional design factors to be considered include: aesthetics, cost, ergonomics, maintainability, manufacturability, and reliability. Once the vehicle has been completed and tested, your design firm will attempt to sell the design to a corporation that is considering the production of a competition vehicle. The challenge to the design team is to develop a prototype car that best meets the FSAE vehicle design goals and which can be profitably marketed.