江东轩、冉燎原：电摩少年来炸场！

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在宁诺理工楼119实验室中，停放着一辆由宁诺学生自主研发的电动方程式赛车。今年，它将代表宁诺首次出征中国大学生方程式汽车大赛。作为它的主设计师，宁诺材料成型及控制工程专业毕业生、宁诺在读博士冉燎原感触颇深。

三年前，正是他和他的小伙伴们在理工楼的一间杂物间里开始了研发方程式赛车的尝试。如今，这台赛车已经锋芒毕露、蓄势待发。更重要的是，它的诞生也见证了几位宁诺追风少年一路“打怪升级”的成长历程。

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追风少年们

冉燎原与方程式赛车结缘于2017年。那年暑假，本身就对赛车很感兴趣的冉燎原果断加入了宁诺理工学院暑期科研项目中的“电动方程式赛车设计”项目。也正是在那个时候，冉燎原结识了同样热爱赛车改装的江东轩。

彼时的江东轩已经是小有名气的“电摩达人”了。大一时的他购入了自己的第一台电动摩托车。凭着对电摩的热爱和对速度的追求，江东轩开始学着改装电摩。作为电子电气自动化专业的学生，专业课中学到的知识往往能够让他在改装电摩方面事半功倍。

冉燎原和江东轩，一个擅长车架的几何结构设计，一个对车辆电气系统颇有研究。二人一拍即合，一起投入到了赛车研发中。然而，随着暑假结束，方程式赛车项目还停留在纸上设计的阶段。二人都不希望止步于此，他们找到理工学院的Dunant Halim博士，希望将方程式赛车研发正式立项。

“刚开始真的挺难的。我们只有一个方案，学校提供了一间杂物间。当时经费也不充足，天天跑到别的实验室借工具。为了降低成本，各种零件也都尽可能自己加工。”冉燎原说到，“因为缺乏相关经验，我们还经常跑到汽车维修店，向师傅讨教轮胎定位、装配等问题。”

半年多的时间里，冉燎原、江东轩和他们的团队逐步打造出了车架。各个模块的研发也稳步推进。虽然二人分别在2018、19年毕业，但仍不断给新加入的追风少年们提供建议。去年，他们打造出了一台整体质量仅为330kg，最高设计时速可达135km/h的电动方程式赛车，也成功获得了今年中国大学生方程式汽车大赛的参赛资格。

从赛道到实业的转型

2019年夏天，已经毕业并且在电动摩托车行业工作了一年多的江东轩选择开始创业。而此时，刚刚毕业的冉燎原正在申请直博，研究方向为非线性动态系统的振动分析和主动控制方法。

基于过去一年在台湾和上海的电摩公司担任工程师的经历，江东轩发现，国内的电动车市场潜藏着商机。特别是在电动车的减震系统控制器方面，国内鲜有厂家自主研发的产品，国外的大企业凭借价格和渠道优势，几乎主导了这个领域。

“如果能够自主研发出兼具创新性和较低成本的产品，一定能在市场上有所作为。”

他再次和冉燎原商量，两人一拍即合，决定共同研发电动车减震系统的电子零部件。

江东轩

就这样，“战场”从停放了方程式赛车的理工楼119实验室转移到了不到一百米外、位于海洋楼的李达三孵化园。“研发方程式赛车的经历确实让我们至今受用。”冉燎原说，“包括如何用软件对车辆运行的姿态进行建模、如何通过传动实现减震等等，都是当时积累下的经验。”

经过一年多的研发和与合作厂商不断的协商，一款适用于二轮车的半主动减震电调系统横空出世。团队已经在为厂商提供订单产品。

据江东轩介绍，这款产品打破了传统车辆需要手动调节减震系统阻尼系数的桎梏，能够通过安装人机交互终端和半主动悬挂系统，实现对车辆减震系统的阻尼系数的及时调节。

“比如说，在曲折的山地行驶时，车辆会调节到能够保证车身姿态的减震模式；而在城市道路行驶时，则会选择更能提升舒适度的减震模式。”冉燎原介绍到。

江东轩和冉燎原表示，目前他们希望更进一步，研发一款能够在电摩运行过程中检测速度信号和车身姿态等数据、通过算法计算出最适合当前路况行驶的车辆减震模式并且自动调节减震系统阻尼系数的电调系统。

UNNC graduates develop formula racing car

University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) graduates, Liaoyuan Ran and Dongxuan Jiang, recently developed a Formula Racing Car which qualified for this year's Formula Student Competition (FSC) China.

Liaoyuan’s racing “bug” dates back to 2017, when he joined a UNNC summer research project to design a formula racing car. It was also when he knew Dongxuan, who enjoyed car modifications. The two had different areas of expertise but similar passions. They made a perfect team, and were dedicated to turning their designs into reality. After the programme ended, they sought assistance from Dr Dunant Halim, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, and started the development of formula cars.

“It was difficult in the beginning. We often had to borrow tools from other labs.” Liaoyuan recalled. “Due to our lack of experience, we also visited car repair shops to learn practical skills like tire positioning.”

Within half a year, they built the car chassis. Liaoyuan and Dongxuan, who graduated in 2019 and 2018 respectively, continued to provide support to team members. Last year the team successfully developed a formula car with a weight of 330 kg and a maximum design speed of 135km/h, which qualified for this year's FSE China.

In 2019, Dongxuan, who had already graduated and worked in the electric motorcycle industry for over a year, chose to start his own business. He saw business potential in the domestic two wheeled electric vehicle market – by far very few suspension control systems were developed independently by domestic manufacturers.

“If we can develop a product with innovation but low cost, it will make a difference in the market.” Dongxuan found Liaoyuan, who had just started his doctoral study at UNNC and explained his thinking.

They cooperated again to develop electronic components for electric vehicles and started their business inside the University’s Li Dak Sum Incubator. After a year, the team developed an adaptive electronic suspension control system suitable for two wheeled vehicles, which is now in production.

Dongxuan and Liaoyuan said their long-term goal was to develop an electronic system that can detect road conditions during a ride and calculate the best control solution of suspension.

文字来源 | 吴文博，ETT

图片来源 | Amelia Wang

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