MouseTrap Vehicle Design Documents

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MouseTrap Vehicle in collaboration with MouseTrap Racing!

                Southern Union Inc has been working on a project with MouseTrap Racing. We have been involved in the design of a mousetrap car, which should undergo full-scale production in 2011. This  car is to have no complex gear mechanisms, and should be propelled by its built in mousetrap only. The design of this car should also allow it to travel a minimum distance of 1200mm in a single recharge, with a maximum speed reachable as well.

                The lever arm of the mouse trap is attached to the drive shaft using a fishing line mechanism.  The fishing line is wound round the drive shaft with the lever arm locked in position. As the lever arm is released, the fishing line unwinds in the direction opposing the tension in the string, rotating the drive shaft and moving the car. This is due to the principle of conservation of energy, whereby the potential energy stored in the spring is converted to kinetic energy as soon as the lever arm is released.

                The design by the consultants in Southern Union Inc allows the car to be built easily under a small budget, as most of the materials are easily accessible. Also, the biodegradability of those materials ensure an efficient and environment friendly construction and disposal method.

Mousetrap Vehicle Sketch 2

Mousetrap Vehicle by Southern Union Inc.

Design Courtesy of

Head of R&D:
Ir. Pravin Poobalan

MouseTrap Vehicle Sketch 1

MouseTrap Vehicle By Southern Union Inc.

Design courtesy of Chief Engineer (I):

Ir Thiyagaraj Raman

Organisational Chart

Previous Projects Involved

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (1998)

Putrajaya City Centre Development (2000)

Maintenance & Refurbishment of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco (present)

Burj Tower, Dubai (2008)

Multimedia Superior Corridor, Malaysia (1998)

International Symposium on Hybrid Vehicles - UMW TOYOTA

KERS Approach In Formula 1 – FIA International

A380 Design Symposium – Airbus Corp.

Introduction

Southern Union Inc. is a renowned multinational company involved in major mechanical and civil engineering projects. This company was founded by childhood friends, Ir. Thiyagaraj Raman and Ir. Sundara Pandian Perumal, both who have extensive experience in the engineering line. Starting off from scratch as a simple construction company, Southern Union Inc. has evolved over the years to become one of the giant engineering companies in the ASEAN continent.

            We are very much a client oriented company, and believe in serving the best for our customers’ every need, which is in line with our motto, ‘customer first, performance next.’ As it has always been our priority to serve your needs, we thrive to deliver to a smaller budget. This is not impossible for us, as we are also the parent company to many other smaller industries, mostly of which deal with raw materials, enabling us to deliver at a lower cost.

            We have also been awarded the “Green Company Of The Year” award for two consequent years, 2008 and 2009. This is due to our environmentally friendly approach in handling our customers’ every request and need. We stand apart from other companies in this aspect, as we are able to offer environmentally friendly solutions at the cheapest possible cost. And amazingly enough, we have not suffered any losses in the past 10 years.

            We have been appointed the major contractors and consultants in a great many 21^st Century projects. The pinnacle of our success is the successful completion of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in 1998 as well as the Burj Tower in Dubai. We are also the proud owners of the tender which allows us to carry out maintenance and refurbishment works on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.