Road Stress Resistance and Lightweight Construction of Automobile Road Wheels AUDI NSU (Ingolstadt/West Germany)

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Wimmer, Anton, author.

Conference Name:

Passenger Car Meeting and Exposition (1979-06-11 : Dearborn, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1979

Summary:

The need to save energy and protect the environment requires a reduction in fuel consumption. Fuel can be saved by reducing the weight of the vehicle.Weight reduction is only possible if the engineer possesses an exact knowledge of the stresses involved. A statistical analysis was therefore made of customer driving habits and the results were used to define test specifications.Using the same material, a road wheel can be made 16% lighter by designing a suitable shape to improve the flux of force and the stress resistance. Changing from steel to aluminum will reduce weight by up to 50%

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Publisher Number:

790713

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