New Materials for lightweight Trucks

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Koske, Charles E., author.

Conference Name:

West Coast International Meeting and Exposition (1982-08-16 : San Francisco, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1982

Summary:

Many materials have emerged from the aerospace and defense industries that may have a significant impact on commercial vehicles in the future. Some of these new materials were investigated for their application on Class 8 trucks. The most promising materials were applied to prototype parts and installed on a test truck as part of a lightweight development program.Most of these materials have unique characteristics that require a more complex and rigorous design process than the equivalent design with a conventional material. The major obstacles to be overcome are the high cost of the raw material and the development of automated fabrication methods

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Vendor supplied data

Publisher Number:

820988

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license