Week 6 Update

For this week, I focused on possible designs for the third rail. I was trying to create an assembly to show what the third rail would look like implemented into Futran's design. Below, are two different examples for the third rail design (triangular or diamond-shaped). We are still debating if the rail should be solid or hollow as shown in images. If the rail is solid, we would be welding on the supports and if it is hollow, we would be bolting on the supports. Our decision for whether to go with solid or hollow will be made after we conduct some analysis. Also, the arrows in the images show where the bogie comes in contact with the rail. 
I am still working on the assembly with the third rail implemented, and will hopefully have that done for the second presentation. We are hoping to also do some analysis on the third rail so that we can decide on what shape and if it should be solid or hollow.

 Image 1 (left): Diamond-shaped solid cross section

 Image 2 (left): Triangular-shaped hollow cross section