As a global sporting event, the Winter Olympics is the common vision of all mankind to build a better world through sports. In order to ensure the smooth holding of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, countless people in all aspects have paid painstaking efforts to carry out careful design and layout, among which the Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway, as an important mode of transportation connecting Beijing and the venue, injected many Winter Olympic elements, and the moment of stepping into the platform has already begun the Winter Olympic journey; and the snow car designed and produced by FAW Hongqi, as the first domestic snowmobile, has achieved a breakthrough of "zero" in technology and design, adding luster to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Domestic snowmobiles, technology and design to break through barriers
China Snow Racing Team
The snowmobile program originated in Switzerland, and since the first Winter Olympics were held in 1924, it has been one of the important events, and many Chinese audiences are quite unfamiliar with the snowmobile event. A bobsleigh, also known as a "luge", is a sport that glides on an ice track on a steerable sled. After Beijing's successful bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Chinese Snow Racing Team was officially formed. Therefore, it is also in its infancy in terms of equipment manufacturing. On September 10 last year, China FAW and China Aerospace Science and Technology Group jointly delivered domestic snowmobiles to the Winter Games Center of the General Administration of Sport. Its delivery has achieved a breakthrough of "zero" domestic snowmobiles, announcing the end of the long-term monopoly of mainland snowmobile equipment by foreign countries.
Domestic snowmobiles
The domestic snowmobile delivered this time has two types of snowmobiles for 2 people and 4 people for snowmobiles. In the early design stage, in the face of two benchmark cars that can only be observed and cannot be disassembled, in order to gain an in-depth understanding of the use needs of the snowmobile, the engineers can only disassemble the needs by interviewing athletes and coaches. Through the video conference, three rounds of overall interviews and eight rounds of special interviews were conducted with more than 20 athletes and coaches, and finally the use scenarios were divided into 3 large scenarios and 10 sub-scenarios, and 46 functional requirements and 26 performance requirements were decomposed. As the project progressed, the engineers went from not knowing anything about the snowmobile project like us to counting every detail of the use of equipment: the snowmobile should have "start", "drive", "control" and "brake" in the race, and the snowmobile outside the race should be "maintained" and "transported". The "start-up" stage will be subdivided into "cart", "get on the car", "sit-up adjustment"... The domestic snowmobile condenses the top wisdom of China FAW and Aerospace Science and Technology, and the research and development process overcomes the key technologies of carbon fiber shell, chassis, brake, steering and other systems and vehicle design and manufacturing, and breaks through five problems such as welding durability analysis, fastener selection, structural strength optimization, carbon fiber optimization, and CAE analysis working conditions. In addition to the top technology, the distinctive Chinese red on the snowmobile body, the dazzling five-pointed star, these elements are always proof that this snowmobile is developed and produced in China.
The Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway, the country's heavy weapon in ice and snow
Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway, photo: Liu Xinghua
As the first intelligent high-speed railway in mainland China with a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway is the epitome of the rapid development of China's railways. As important supporting projects of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chongli Branch Line and the Yanqing Branch Line of the Beijing-Zhangjiang High-Speed Railway have carried out rich, meticulous and unique designs in the train and in the platform, bringing passengers to the competition venues a journey with unique Winter Olympic characteristics.
Beijing-Zhang high-speed rail Winter Olympics theme multi-purpose carriage
In the multi-purpose carriage of the Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway, the top of the restaurant bar uses radioactive lights, dynamically presenting the Olympic five-ring pattern, which complements the Olympic theme of the intelligent EMU. The restaurant and bar is equipped with a large display screen and a 5G mobile communication network, which can realize the broadcast of 5G high-definition events. Between the restaurant bar and the multi-functional area is a glass screen painted with snowflake patterns, the multi-functional area roof is hung with snowflake-shaped hanging ornaments, and the wall panels of the carriage are posted with winter Olympic photo frames, introducing various events and Olympic venues of the Winter Olympics and improving public awareness and attention to the Winter Olympics. Against the blue light, ice and snow elements can be seen everywhere, making the winter Olympic theme atmosphere of the carriage more intense. The electric tea stove in the business tourism area designed and produced a silicone coaster printed with the emblem of the Winter Olympics, which cleverly combined the elements of the Winter Olympics with the carriage facilities. It also carried out a theme dressing in car No. 4 and officially unveiled it on the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics. The overall carriage is based on the theme of "fighting all the way to win", and when you walk into the carriage, you can feel the atmosphere of the carriage with ice and snow as the main vision. With Wu Dajing, Gu Ailing and other ice and snow sports spokespersons, it showed the cool style of Chinese athletes. The seats of the carriage are arranged with ice piers printed with the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics and seat towels with the image of snow rongrong, which further shortens the distance between passengers and the Winter Olympics. The ground is plastered with "Keep Moving" and stickers to cheer for the Winter Olympics, and each passionate slogan makes passengers feel as if they are in the fierce atmosphere of winning gold in the arena, and with the on-board TV Winter Olympic video broadcast, allowing passengers to feel the passion of the field with the Athletes of the Winter Olympics during the journey.
Beijing-Zhang high-speed rail carriage winter Olympics theme wallpaper
Qinghe Station, as the starting station of the Beijing-Zhangjiang high-speed railway, is an important supporting project of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and in order to welcome the arrival of the Winter Olympics, ice and snow elements are integrated into all parts of the booth. Standing in the station hall, looking up, you can see 7 white roof ridges that slope from west to east like 7 "ski runs", "dynamic ski tracks Yudai Qinghe" Olympic elements and regional characteristics are perfectly integrated here, making passengers feel as if they have just entered the station and are already in the scene of fierce competition. In addition, the winter sports ice and snow theme hanging paintings in the waiting room decorate the walls, the daily functional area displays various posters, posters and souvenirs, and Qinghe Station reminds passengers of the unprecedented grandeur of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with the ubiquitous Winter Olympic elements.
Source: Art & Design Magazine
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