Materials Design and Manufacturing for Lightweight Vehicles

• Author : P K Mallick
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 01 March 2010

Research into the manufacture of lightweight automobiles is driven by the need to reduce fuel consumption to preserve dwindling hydrocarbon resources without compromising other attributes such as safety, performance, recyclability and cost. Materials, design and manufacturing for lightweight vehicles will make it easier for engineers to not only learn about the materials being considered for lightweight automobiles, but also to compare their characteristics and properties. Part one discusses materials for lightweight automotive structures with chapters on advanced steels for lightweight

• Author : P.K. Mallick
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 26 September 2020

Materials, Design and Manufacturing for Lightweight Vehicles, Second Edition, features the requirements for processing each material type, explains the manufacture of different categories of components, and analyzes different component joining techniques. The properties of all materials, metals, polymers and composites currently used are included along with how each one influences structural design. The new edition also contains refinements to manufacturing processes in particular hot stamping of boron steel and aluminum alloy, and new chapters on designing lightweight automotive structures & lightweight

• Author : James Njuguna
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 22 January 2016

Lightweight Composite Structures in Transport: Design, Manufacturing, Analysis and Performance provides a detailed review of lightweight composite materials and structures and discusses their use in the transport industry, specifically surface and air transport. The book covers materials selection, the properties and performance of materials, and structures, design solutions, and manufacturing techniques. A broad range of different material classes is reviewed with emphasis on advanced materials. Chapters in the first two parts of the book consider the lightweight philosophy and current

• Author : L Liu
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 28 October 2010

Due to the wide application of magnesium alloys in metals manufacturing, it is very important to employ a reliable method of joining these reactive metals together and to other alloys. Welding and joining of magnesium alloys provides a detailed review of both established and new techniques for magnesium alloy welding and their characteristics, limitations and applications. Part one covers general issues in magnesium welding and joining, such as welding materials, metallurgy and the joining of magnesium alloys to other metals

• Author : Jose Martin Herrera Ramirez,Raul Perez Bustamante,Cesar Augusto Isaza Merino,Ana Maria Arizmendi Morquecho
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 22 June 2020

This book addresses methods used in the synthesis of light alloys and composites for industrial applications. It begins with a broad introduction to virtually all aspects of the technology of light alloys and composite materials for aircraft and aerospace applications. The basic theory of fiber and particle reinforcements; light metallic material characteristics and composite systems; components forms, and manufacturing techniques and processes are discussed. The book then progresses to describe the production of alloys and composites by unconventional techniques, such

• Author : Pedro P. Camanho,Stephen R. Hallett
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 07 August 2015

Numerical Modelling of Failure in Advanced Composite Materials comprehensively examines the most recent analysis techniques for advanced composite materials. Advanced composite materials are becoming increasingly important for lightweight design in aerospace, wind energy, and mechanical and civil engineering. Essential for exploiting their potential is the ability to reliably predict their mechanical behaviour, particularly the onset and propagation of failure. Part One investigates numerical modeling approaches to interlaminar failure in advanced composite materials. Part Two considers numerical modelling approaches to intralaminar

• Author : Rajat Banerjee,Indranil Manna
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 31 July 2013

Ceramic nanocomposites have been found to have improved hardness, strength, toughness and creep resistance compared to conventional ceramic matrix composites. Ceramic nanocomposites reviews the structure and properties of these nanocomposites as well as manufacturing and applications. Part one looks at the properties of different ceramic nanocomposites, including thermal shock resistance, flame retardancy, magnetic and optical properties as well as failure mechanisms. Part two deals with the different types of ceramic nanocomposites, including the use of ceramic particles in metal matrix

• Author : Sabu Thomas,Hanna J Maria
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 27 October 2016

Progress in Rubber Nanocomposites provides an up-to-date review on the latest advances and developments in the field of rubber nanocomposites. It is intended to serve as a one-stop reference resource to showcase important research accomplishments in the area of rubber nanocomposites, with particular emphasis on the use of nanofillers. Chapters discuss major progress in the field and provide scope for further developments that will have an impact in the industrial research area. Global leaders and researchers from industry, academia, government,

• Author : Uday Vaidya
• Publisher : DEStech Publications, Inc
• Release : 25 September 2021

· Technical explanation of composite materials in vehicle design and manufacture · Covers all phases of composites design, formulation, fabrication, and testing · Features hundreds of case studies and hard-to-find formulas and analytical data · Detailed information on resins, preforms, lightweighting, biobased materials -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This technical book provides a comprehensive explanation of how advanced composite materials, including FRPs, reinforced thermoplastics, carbon-based composites and many others are designed, processed and utilized in exterior, interior, under-the-hood, structural, semi-structural and non-structural components in passenger cars, performance cars,

• Author : Valter Carvelli,Stepan V Lomov
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 16 May 2015

Fatigue of Textile Composites provides a current, state-of-art review on recent investigations on the fatigue behavior of composite materials, mainly those reinforced with textiles. As this particular group of composite materials is extremely important for a wide variety of industrial applications, including automotive, aeronautical, and marine, etc., mainly due to their peculiarities and advantages with respect to unidirectional laminated composites, the text presents comprehensive information on the huge variety of interlacement geometric architectures that are suitable for a broad range

• Author : Olivier Martin
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 31 January 2018

The Light Metals symposia at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition present the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology. The annual Light Metals volume has become the definitive reference in the field of aluminum production and related light metal technologies. The 2018 collection includes papers from the following symposia: 1.Alumina and Bauxite2.Aluminum Alloys, Processing, and Characterization3.Aluminum Reduction Technology4.Cast Shop Technology5. Cast Shop Technology: Energy Joint Session6. Cast Shop Technology: Fundamentals of Aluminum Alloy

• Author : Sudhakar R. Marur
• Publisher : SAE International
• Release : 25 September 2021

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• Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Materials and Manufacturing Board,Committee on Benchmarking the Technology and Application of Lightweighting
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release : 27 April 2012

Lightweighting is a concept well known to structural designers and engineers in all applications areas, from laptops to bicycles to automobiles to buildings and airplanes. Reducing the weight of structures can provide many advantages, including increased energy efficiency, better design, improved usability, and better coupling with new, multifunctional features. While lightweighting is a challenge in commercial structures, the special demands of military vehicles for survivability, maneuverability and transportability significantly stress the already complex process. Application of Lightweighting Technology to Military

• Author : Yafang Han
• Publisher : Trans Tech Publications Ltd
• Release : 31 January 2019

Chinese Materials Conference 2018 (CMC 2018) Selected, peer reviewed papers from the Chinese Materials Conference 2018 (CMC 2018), July 12-16, 2018, Xiamen City, Fujian, China

• Author : T. Chandra,M. Ionescu,Diego Mantovani
• Publisher : Trans Tech Publications Ltd
• Release : 03 January 2012

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). These are the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials - THERMEC’2011 - which was held during the 1-5 August 2011 in Quebec City, Canada. The conference brought together researchers and engineers/technologists working on various aspects of the processing, fabrication, structure/property evaluation and applications of both ferrous and non-ferrous materials; including biomaterials and smart/intelligent materials. The contents are thus and excellent and up-to-date guide