Materials, design, and manufacturing for lightweight vehicles / edited by P.K. Mallick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mallick, P. K., 1946- editor.

Series:

Woodhead Publishing in materials.

Woodhead Publishing in materials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motor vehicles--Design and construction.

Motor vehicles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Duxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts ; Kidlington, Oxford, England : Woodhead Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"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. This book helps engineers to not only learn about the materials being considered for lightweight automobiles, but also to compare their characteristics and properties. It discusses materials for lightweight automotive structures and reviews manufacturing and design of lightweight automotive structures. With its distinguished editor and renowned team of contributors, this book will aid the design and material selection for motor vehicle bodies and components."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Overview

Advanced steels for lightweight automotive structures

Aluminum alloys for lightweight automotive structures

Magnesium alloys for lightweight powertrains and automotive structures

Thermoplastics and thermoplastic-matrix composites for lightweight automotive structures

Thermoset-matrix composites for lightweight automotive structures

Manufacturing processes for light alloys

Joining for lightweight vehicles

Recycling and life cycle issues for lightweight vehicles

Crashworthiness design issues for lightweight vehicles.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-12-819029-9