With the support of the German SGL Carbon group, students at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) developed an optimized model of the capsule capsule of a Hyperloop train and showed their model in Munich in mid-June. Innovative design. This particularly lightweight and stable capsule transport cabin model will appear at the "Super Loop Train Design Competition" in Los Angeles on July 21, 2019. At that time, teams of students from all over the world will compete for ideas in the fastest and best There is a fierce competition in the design of the transport cabin system.
The hyperloop train design competition was founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Since the start of the 2017 competition, with the support of SGL Group experts and carbon fiber materials, the TUM student team has won the first for the third consecutive time First name (fastest speed). In 2018, the TUM team's capsule transport capsule flew through a special tubular tunnel of 1.2 km at a speed of 467 km / h, which was a must in the race.
This year they will once again challenge faster. “The transport bay must be extremely light, but at the same time extremely stable and able to withstand high-speed loads in the pipe,” explains Paloma García Guillen, head of the TUM structural team. Test it. "In the end, the team chose a prepreg woven carbon fiber material, a carbon fiber prepreg.
According to design and material optimization, the newly designed carbon fiber transport cabin structure weighs about 5.6 kg, which is about 10% lighter than the previous model of 6.1 kg. In addition, the lining of the transport bay shell is also made entirely of carbon fiber material, instead of previous plastic solutions, reducing its weight from 1.5 kg to only 700 grams.
The impressive results achieved by a young team of 51 students from 20 countries in such a short period of time are impressive,” said Dr. Christoph Ebel, head of the Lightweight Application Center at SGL Group. “From idea to prototype development, To the finished product, the team only took a few months. Behind the design of the super-loop train transport cabin are many innovative ideas based on modern lightweight structures, which are full of technical challenges. We are very happy to let students become our cooperation Partner and wish the team good luck in the game. "