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TOYOTA MOTORSPORT GmbH — THE HOME OF HIGH PERFORMANCE TOYOTA MOTORSPORT GmbH THE HOME OF HIGH PERFORMANCE TOYOTA MOTORSPORT GmbH — THE HOME OF HIGH PERFORMANCE 3 CONTENT WELCOME CAR DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT 04 - 13 Car Design 06 - 07 CFD and Calculation 08 - 09 Driving Simulator 10 - 11 TO THE HOME OF HIGH PERFORMANCE Chassis Workshop 12 - 13 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 14 - 21 Wind Tunnels 16 - 17 Component Testing 18 - 19 Full Car Testing 20 - 21 ENGINE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT 22 - 29 Engine Design 24 - 25 TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH (TMG) is a unique Constructed to the highest standards with Engine Dynamometers 26 - 27 high-performance development, testing and no compromise on quality or functionality, Engine Component Testing 28 - 29 manufacturing facility located in Cologne, the spacious 30,000m² facility and its highly- Germany. skilled staff of around 250 offer a remarkable range of machines, facilities and expertise. High performance, precision and diversity ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT 30 - 35 are core principles at TMG and our technical TMG has developed into a one-stop shop for EV Technology 32 - 33 specialists have in-depth engineering specialised services focusing not only on EV Motorsport 34 - 35 experience across various sectors. automotive clients but also those from other sectors where precision and performance are TMG has honed its competences in top-level essential. competition, from our world championship- MANUFACTURING 36 - 43 winning rally cars to revolutionary Le Mans TMG’s range of services encompasses the prototypes and record-breaking electric complete development cycle, with seamless Rapid Manufacturing 38 - 39 vehicles via the pinnacle of motorsport, interaction between systems and facilities Composites 40 - 41 Formula 1. to ensure speed, efficiency and, most CNC and Fabrication 42 - 43 importantly, quality. Whatever the requirements and however extensive the project, TMG can create a Our complete range of processes and systems tailor-made solution to deliver prototype is far too lengthy to list in detail but one CUSTOMER MOTORSPORT 44 - 49 development, specialist testing or look at the highlights and it is clear that TMG TMG GT86 CS-V3 46 - 47 enhancement of existing components. truly is the home of high performance, with Yaris R1A 48 - 49 everything under one roof. CAR DESIGNCAR DEVELOPMENT & DEVELOPMENT CAR DEVELOPMENT TOYOTA MOTORSPORT GmbH — THE HOME OF HIGH PERFORMANCE 5 INNOVATION TMG’s state-of-the-art car development facilities are the perfect environment for our skilled engineers to innovate in order to deliver high performance. CAR DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT CAR DESIGN TOYOTA MOTORSPORT GmbH — THE HOME OF HIGH PERFORMANCE 7 PERFORMANCE PLANNING CAR DESIGN COMBINES CALCULATION, DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTATION TO DELIVER HIGH PERFORMANCE ACCORDING TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS. With a highly-skilled team of designers and structures, with specialised calculation the facilities to back them up, we have all the engineers to ensure appropriate strength and necessary tools to realise your targets, whether weight while various static or dynamic load in complete vehicle design or specialised part cases can be tested in controlled ambient development. conditions. TMG’s car design department uses Catia TMG is at the cutting edge of gearbox V5 technology and offers part designs for technology, including driveshafts and almost any application, utilising our extensive differentials, and offers a full range of experience in high-performance development developments supported by specific tests. while integrating our established time and cost-saving procedures. We also offer a variety of specialist component solutions from carbon and Our calculation group will confirm structural metallic suspension elements to steering or efficiency through material and geometry brake systems development, supported by a optimisation while experimentation on our full range of calculation techniques, including component testing rigs verifies calculations topology optimisation and on-site testing. or proves prototype parts and systems, validating the achievement of performance Hydraulic system development is another area targets and ensuring effective development. of expertise, with thorough simulation tools and the testing of servo valves and pumps, as Supporting the design and development well as other systems and components. process, our material specialists ensure you select the best solution for your performance Additionally, integration with engine and pricing specifications. and component testing allows unified development of fuel systems and water or We have in-depth knowledge of high- oil coolers, encompassing lay-out, design and performance composite design, including experimentation. structural items and impact absorption CAR DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT CFD AND Calculation TOYOTA MOTORSPORT GmbH — THE HOME OF HIGH PERFORMANCE 9 VIRTUAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A COMPONENT OR FULL VEHICLE PERFORMS IS ESSENTIAL IN DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS WHERE OUR CFD AND CALCULATION SPECIALISTS CAN HELP. At TMG we offer supercomputing power and analytical charts and illustrations exactly incredibly detailed analysis, both in the field matching your requirements. of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and calculation. Also in the virtual domain, TMG’s chassis calculation experts will deliver a full structural Our CFD experts use powerful software to calculation service to optimise parts – from experimentally improve flow efficiency and cars and boats to domestic appliances – for performance, with up to 80 million hexahedral efficiency and weight reduction. cells making up a complete vehicle model. Our extensive software suite features Tosca, This delivers a full understanding of flow Genesis, ANSA, Abaqus, Nastran, LSDyna dynamics no matter what object requires (crash applications), LMS Virtual.Lab, LMS testing and this process integrates perfectly Imagine.Lab, AMESim and Matlab, working on with our wind tunnel, chassis calculation and a high-capacity hardware cluster. simulator technology to create an efficient development cycle. That enables our experts to run multi-body simulations with rigid and flexible models, All you need is CAD geometry of your with particular attention paid to modelling development item and TMG’s experienced details and ensuring a clear correlation engineers can create a model and begin CFD between simulation results and actual analysis. measurements. With a typical full-car model of 60 million In addition to standard chassis calculation hexahedral cells, calculation, including procedures, TMG also offers a specialised automatic generation of post-processing carbon composite service, building on our movies, can be performed within 24 experience in top-level motorsport. hours and three cases of this size can run simultaneously. By establishing the optimum carbon fibre lay- up situation, you can reduce weight without An automatic post process suite streamlines endangering your ideal stiffness levels the development process and eliminates the while dedicated composite design software need for complex, time-consuming manual ensures complete production accuracy and analysis, delivering a bespoke selection of repeatability. CAR DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT DRIVING simulator TOYOTA MOTORSPORT GmbH — THE HOME OF HIGH PERFORMANCE 11 SIMULATION AND EVALUATION TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS HIGHLY-ACCURATE VIRTUAL DRIVING SIMULATOR FOR DRIVER-IN- THE-LOOP ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OR FOR DRIVER ACCLIMATISATION PROGRAMMES. TRACK LIST: The simulator is a dedicated engineering tool An accurate tyre model includes thermal developed exclusively by TMG, featuring the effects, as well as a choice of weather, to cover • Albert Park Circuit latest technology to accurately reproduce the all scenarios and provide full flexibility for • Autodromo Nazionale Monza driving experience in a virtual environment. repeated tests in identical conditions. • Bahrain International Circuit With extremely detailed models of a variety Developments can be evaluated on a range • Circuit de Catalunya of circuits as well as various vehicles, TMG’s of circuits which have been surveyed using the latest laser-mapping technology with an • Circuito de Jerez simulator is a next-generation tool for car development where completely consistent unprecedented degree of accuracy. • Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans) and repeatable track conditions promote The simulator is a flexible tool, adaptable for • Circuit de Monaco reliable evaluation that is directly relevant to your development programme. open or closed cockpit cars and with a fully • Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps parameterisable dynamic vehicle model. • Fuji Speedway The accuracy of every track is assured thanks to an exhaustive development process In addition to its engineering function, the • Hockenheim featuring driver input and focusing on every simulator is also a valuable tool for driver • Hungaroring detail, from the kerb angles and track surfaces development. Programmes are available to background scenery and other visible to familiarise drivers with different cars or • Interlagos features. circuits in a safe and predictable environment, • Marina Bay Circuit while an interactive pit crew aids the practice A six-degrees-of-freedom electric motion of pit stop procedures. • Nürburgring Nordschleife platform simulates driving sensations and • Sepang International Circuit an electric feedback motor creates realistic Realistic conditions also offer a valuable steering torque while TMG’s vehicle model opportunity for drivers and engineers