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Article: FEA boosts Winston Cup winner.(Square D sponsors Andy Petree Racing's #55 Chevrolet race car)(Brief Article)
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- Design News
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- June 18, 2001
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PALATINE, IL--Electrical equipment giant Square D sponsors Andy Petree Racing's #55 Chevrolet race car, driven by Bobby Hamilton in NASCAR's Winston Cup series. Square D also supports finite element analysis (FEA) for the team's designers.
But lately, the race car has been gaining speed thanks to someone who doesn't even work for the team yet. Scott Littler, an engineering student at Ohio State University, currently works as an intern for Square D, and will join the company full time upon graduation this summer. He recently ran a series of analyses on the front suspension's lower control arm, where the team had seen repeated fractures and cracks.
The ...