T6 - High strength aluminum based materials with tailored damping properties for professional racing sleds
Leitung
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Odenwald
Chemnitz University of Technology
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Sports Engineering
09107 Chemnitz
0371 / 531-32172
0371 / 531-23149
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Martin F. X. Wagner
Chemnitz University of Technology
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Chair of Materials Science
09107 Chemnitz
0371 / 531-38683
0371 / 531-23829
Forschungsschwerpunkte
The aim of this project is to enhance racing sleds with a special focus on the used materials. In cooperation with Thüringer Schlitten- und Bobsportverband e.V. the development of new designs for the sleds considering damping, mass reduction and stability is one of the key goals. For the first time, the steel based design is modified by incorporating ultrafine grained aluminum to optimize the vibration and damping characteristics.
