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Unmanned Research Raft, Jacob Davis, Andrew Fleming, Luke Vickerman, Kahye Yu
Unmanned Research Raft, Jacob Davis, Andrew Fleming, Luke Vickerman, Kahye Yu
Mechanical Engineering
This document serves as the Final Design Review report for the design team conducting the research raft design project for Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL). Our team has taken on a project to design a new research raft for LLNL.
The current rafts are suitable, but engineers have modified and altered the rafts to add more features as needed. This has led to a raft that accomplishes mission goals, but still has room for streamlining. The battery technology has also improved. Our goals were to redesign the raft from the ground up, reducing the size and weight. We also wanted …