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MAGAZINE
NEWS
THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY:
QATALUM PARTNERS WITH
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY QATAR
FOR THE SHELL ECO MARATHON
Qatalum has always functioned with the needs of the
community at its core – especially when it involves sourcing
eco-friendly and sustainable solutions.
Qatalum was proud to invest in The material of the chassis localisation and deflection. Thus,
its community by sponsoring an components consisted of Al 6061 T6 TAMUQ was able to compete
engineering team from Texas A&M alloy and the beams for fabrication successfully in the 2016 Shell Eco
University (TAMUQ) for the Shell Eco were ordered from Mc-master Carr. Marathon. Participating in a global
Marathon in Europe. Further, the estimated total weight competition allowed Qatalum and
The goal of the Shell Eco Marathon of the chassis frame, dashboard TAMUQ to be presented as effective
is to design a vehicle to ‘travel a mount and roll bar was 11 KG; and valuable contributors to the use
fixed distance reliably and safely on the weight of the sheets of the of aluminium in the vehicle industry.
a minimum amount of energy, and bulkhead was 2 KG; the weight of The vehicle was displayed at the
comply with Shell Eco Marathon the aluminium cover for ground Qatalum Service Centre Building for
rules and regulations’. Thus, as separation was 5 KG. a short period of time.
sponsors, Qatalum offered financial As a result of the favourable A video presenting the ‘behind
support and professional advice materials used, the stress the scenes’ footage of the design
to a team of ambitious students: analysis on the chassis frame was process will be up on the Qatalum
Osama Desouky, Abdulla Baobeid, satisfactory in terms of stress YouTube channel as well!
Youssef Badr, Mohamed Mtit,
Mohamed Al-Thani, Mohamed Al-
Kobisi, Abdulrahman Hendy, Syed
Nazarath, Hassan Moussa, Abedlatif
El Yaacoub and Ahmed Mechmoum.
Using an aluminium chassis, the
team designed a fuel efficient and
sustainable vehicle model that had
a lighter weight and consumed less
energy than conventional vehicles.
The motor selected was already
available at the University and
satisfied all the power requirements
of the competition. The car was
controlled by Dr Ziyad and the ECEN
team.
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