AZLoop - Arizona's Hyperloop Pod Competition Team
- SpaceX | Hyperloop
2017 - 2018
AZLoop is a unique collaboration between students at Arizona State University, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, and Northern Arizona University. Together, we are Arizona’s SpaceX Hyperloop Competition Team – a group of over 100 graduate and undergraduate students representing various fields of science, engineering, and business. Fueled by our enthusiasm for innovation and technology, the team is working hard to make the Hyperloop a reality through collaborative efforts, the exchange of ideas, and a passion to strive for no less than the best. This dedication led SpaceX to select AZLoop as 1 of only 23 teams in the world to build some of the first ever prototypes for the Hyperloop. We will launch our pod down SpaceX’s one mile test track in Hawthorne, CA during Competition Weekend on August 25-27, 2017.
The team is divided into several sub teams which design different subsystems of the pod. My role is in the Mechanical Modeling and Simulations Team as the Lead. The responsibilities include
● Conceptualizing the Pod hull by giving it an aerodynamic shape as per SpaceX's track specifications.
● Performing CFD, FEA, Modal and Thermal analysis of the structure.
● Designing and optimizing the aerodynamic shape and internal structure of the pod to withstand the speeds and associated stresses.
● CAD modelling components of the body hull, chassis and other vehicle subsystems.
● Using DFM principles to improve manufacturability of individual Sub System components
Please visit:
http://azhyperloop.com/ - Our Team Website
https://arizonahyperloop.wixsite.com/cadm - Our Mechanical Modeling Team's collaborative work over CAD/CAE and CAM
Below links will open the sub sections in a new window, if they do not, kindly browse through the top header section under AZLoop | Hyperloop