Energy Tradeoffs in Automotive Use of Steel, Fiber-Reinforced Plastics and Aluminum Energy and Environmental Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

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Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Cummings-Saxton, J., author.

Conference Name:

SAE International Congress & Exposition (1982-02-22 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1982

Summary:

The embodied energy, structural weight, and transportation energy (fuel requirement) characteristics of steel, fiber-reinforced plastics, and aluminum were assessed to determine the overall energy savings of materials substitution in automobiles. In body panels, a 1.0-lb steel component with an associated 0.5 lb in secondary weight is structurally equivalent to a 0.6-lb fiber-reinforced plastic component with 0.3 lb in associated secondary weight or a 0.5-lb aluminum component with 0.25 lb of secondary weight. The total energy requirements of structurally equivalent body panels (including their embodied and life cycle transportation energies) are: steel (211.6 103 Btu), fiber-reinforced plastics (126.7 103 Btu), and aluminum (174.3 103 Btu). Fiber-reinforced plastics offer greatest improvements in embodied and total energy requirements, while aluminum achieves greatest savings in transportation energy

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Publisher Number:

820151

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