The automotive sector has taken a keen interest in lightweighting as new required performance standards for fuel economy come into place. This strategy includes parts consolidation, design optimization, and material substitution, with sustainable polymers playing a major role in reducing a vehicle's weight. Sustainable polymers are largely biodegradable, biocompatible, and sourced from renewable plant and agricultural stocks. A facile way to enhance their properties, so they can indeed replace the ones made from fossil fuels, is by reinforcing them with fibers to make composites. Natural...
The automotive sector has taken a keen interest in lightweighting as new required performance standards for fuel economy come into place. This strateg...
Design of Automotive Composites reports that successful designs of automotive composites occurred recently in this arena. The chapters consist of eleven technical papers selected from the Automotive Composites and other relevant sessions that the editors have been organizing for the SAE International World Congress over the past five years. The book is divided into four sections: Body Structures Powertrain Components Suspension Components Electrical and Alternative Vehicle Components The composite design examples presented in Design of Automotive Composites come from the major...
Design of Automotive Composites reports that successful designs of automotive composites occurred recently in this arena. The chapters consist of elev...