ARTICLE 1: FORMULA SAE OVERVIEW AND COMPETITION............................................................................4
ARTICLE 2: THE 2015-2016 FORMULA SAE SERIES ..............................................................................................5
ARTICLE 3: FORMULA SAE RULES AND ORGANIZER AUTHORITY ................................................................6
ARTICLE 4: INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................8
ARTICLE 5: FACULTY ADVISOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OFFICER AND ADVISOR ....................................10
ARTICLE 6: VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY ........................................................................................................................11
ARTICLE 7: REGISTRATION.....................................................................................................................................13
ARTICLE 8: VEHICLE DOCUMENTATION, DEADLINES AND PENALTIES.....................................................15
ARTICLE 9: PROTESTS..............................................................................................................................................19
ARTICLE 10: QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FORMULA SAE RULES..........................................................................19
APPENDIX A – SAE TECHNICAL STANDARDS .......................................................................................................21
PART T - GENERAL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................23
ARTICLE 1: VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS & RESTRICTIONS................................................................................23
ARTICLE 2: GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS................................................................................................24
ARTICLE 3: DRIVER’S CELL ....................................................................................................................................25
ARTICLE 4: COCKPIT ................................................................................................................................................49
ARTICLE 5: DRIVERS EQUIPMENT (BELTS AND COCKPIT PADDING) ..........................................................52
ARTICLE 6: GENERAL CHASSIS RULES ................................................................................................................57
ARTICLE 7: BRAKE SYSTEM ...................................................................................................................................60
ARTICLE 8: POWERTRAIN .......................................................................................................................................61
ARTICLE 9: AERODYNAMIC DEVICES..................................................................................................................63
ARTICLE 10: COMPRESSED GAS SYSTEMS AND HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULICS........................................66
ARTICLE 11: FASTENERS ...........................................................................................................................................66
ARTICLE 12: TRANSPONDERS ..................................................................................................................................67
ARTICLE 13: VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION................................................................................................................68
ARTICLE 14: EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS...........................................................................................................69
ARTICLE 15: POSSIBLE FUTURE RULES CHANGES .............................................................................................72
APPENDIX T-1 STRUCTURAL EQUIVALENCY SPREADSHEET.......................................................................73
APPENDIX T-2 IMPACT ATTENUATOR DATA REPORT....................................................................................73
APPENDIX T-3 STANDARD IMPACT ATTENUATOR .........................................................................................74
PART AF - ALTERNATIVE FRAME RULES ...............................................................................................................75
ARTICLE 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ...............................................................................................................75
ARTICLE 2: STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION FORM (SRCF) ...............................................76
ARTICLE 3: DEFINITIONS.........................................................................................................................................76
ARTICLE 4: STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS........................................................................................................76
ARTICLE 5: GENERAL ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS...........................................................................................79
ARTICLE 6: INTRUSION PREVENTION ..................................................................................................................80
ARTICLE 7: NON-APPLICABLE RULES: CHASSIS/FRAME ..................................................................................81
ARTICLE 8: NON-APPLICABLE RULES: ACCUMULATOR CONTAINER ..............................................................81
PART IC - INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES .....................................................................................82
ARTICLE 1: INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE POWERTRAINS .....................................................................82
ARTICLE 2: FUEL AND FUEL SYSTEM ..................................................................................................................91
ARTICLE 3: EXHAUST SYSTEM AND NOISE CONTROL ....................................................................................95
ARTICLE 4: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND SHUTDOWN SYSTEM.......................................................................96
PART EV - TECHNICAL REGULATIONS – ELECTRIC VEHICLES.........................................................................99
ARTICLE 1: ELECTRIC SYSTEM DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................99
ARTICLE 2: ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN.