College - Author 1

College of Engineering

Department - Author 1

Mechanical Engineering Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BS in Mechanical Engineering

College - Author 2

College of Engineering

Department - Author 2

Mechanical Engineering Department

Degree - Author 2

BS in Mechanical Engineering

College - Author 3

College of Engineering

Department - Author 3

Mechanical Engineering Department

Degree - Author 3

BS in Mechanical Engineering

College - Author 4

College of Engineering

Department - Author 4

Mechanical Engineering Department

Degree - Author 4

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Date

6-2024

Primary Advisor

Eileen Rossman, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department

Abstract/Summary

The Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo (SLO) needs a new expanding Christmas tree for their 2024 production of The Nutcracker. This Final Design Review Report outlines pertinent information regarding the Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering Senior Project of Team F14 (“D.R.E.I.D.E.L.S.”), who was tasked of designing and building the new expanding Christmas tree frame. Our team’s name, “D.R.E.I.D.E.L.S.,” stands for Design and Research of Expansion Integrated Dramaturgy Ergonomic Leveraging Systems. We thought this would be a fun, creative, and ironic name for our team.

In this report, our team will discuss how we procured the materials required and manufactured and assembled our design. Furthermore, it will detail the results found from the test procedures and inspections from our Design Verification Plan in Appendix D. These results helped us understand the strength and physics of the structure, the ergonomics and transportability of the design, and necessary constraints such as expansion time and low noise level.

ME_S2024_F14_Video.mp4 (42350 kB)
Project Video

ME_S2024_F14_Poster.pdf (621 kB)
Project Poster

ME_S2024_F14_SOW.pdf (735 kB)
Scope of Work

ME_S2024_F14_PDR.pdf (1914 kB)
Preliminary Design Review

ME_S2024_F14_CDR.pdf (3444 kB)
Critical Design Review

ME_S2024_F14_Drawings.pdf (1582 kB)
Drawing Package

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