The objective of this Major Qualifying Project is to create a system that facilitates the distribution of machine made snow. This objective was chosen to help reduce the need for labor in the grooming of Cross Country ski trails and to help alleviate the environmental impacts of grooming. The method used to complete the design was Axiomatic Design, a theory originally articulated by Nam Suh. Current snowmaking techniques were reviewed to find places to improve snowmaking. The result of using the Axiomatic Design method was a design decomposition, heat transfer equations, and a Computer Aided Design model.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Ho, Isabelle
• Dal Porto, Nicholas
• Jackson, Shane
• Dionne, Natalie
• Hendry, Meghan
• Wilkinson, Kelsey

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030222-151249
• 48861

Keyword

• machine made snow
• Snowmaking
• Distribution
• snow
• Cross country trails
• Design

Advisor

• Brown, Christopher A.

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2022-03-02

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright