different tracks during the 2014 WEC season, the TMG facilities have allowed the engineering and design teams to deliver an energy-efficient design compliant with new rules.
The philosophy of taking cutting-edge race track technology and applying it to road vehicles is fundamental to TMG’s approach to racing, as well as being at the heart of the new rules. The facilities and processes TMG uses to design, develop and manufacture the TS040 HYBRID are the same ones used for other projects within the TOYOTA family and indeed run in parallel to work performed for external clients in industries from top-class racing through to automotive, aerospace and medical systems.
The TS040 HYBRID is truly a running showcase of TMG’s capabilities.
FACTORY FACTFILE
Department: Wind Tunnels - WT1 and WT2 both use a continuous steel belt rolling road - Maximum speed of 70m/s - 512 pressure measurement channels, accurate to 7Pa - Laser technology to ensure correct positioning to 0.05mm - Tyre deformation and exhaust gas simulation - Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to visualise flow structures in X, Y and Z planes
- Suspension kinematics, active suspension pre-load with integrated pushrod and automatic steering capability
- Both High Speed Data Acquisition (HSDA) and Continuous Motion Systems (CMS) - Data capture breadth provides up to 70% tunnel time savings - WT2 is equipped for up to 60% scale model testing - WT1 is equipped for full size cars and up to 60% scale model testing
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