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Tachyon is a 4-seater, pseudo-monocoque body cruiser class vehicle created by CalSol.
Design
They use ANSYS for all their FEA, with a giant safety factor in order to account for manufacturing errors.
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They also use ANSYS Fluent for their CFD.
Composites
DP 460 is used as their epoxy. They plan on using crisscrossed layers of carbon fiber prepreg and aluminum honeycomb core.
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- something about a bend test???
- something about tensile???
- something about sheer tests???
Molds
They initially tried to use high density polyurethane tooling foam that they got sponsored by DUNA-USA, which they would then glue together and then mill in order to create the mold. They did this using Loctite construction adhesive, with a mixture of water in order to ensure that a strong bond was created.
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