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The use of nano composites in automotive applications / [edited] by Y. Charles Lu, Srikanth Pilla.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications.
- Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications
- PT (series) (Warrendale, Pa.) ; 172
- PT (Series) (Warrendale, Pa.) ; 172.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nanocomposites (Materials).
- Polymeric composites.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 107 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, 2016.
- Summary:
- With their high specific strength and stiffness, composites have the potential to significantly lower the vehicle weight, which can have a dramatic effect on improving fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For the past decade or so, composites have been experiencing several transitions, including the transition from micro-scale reinforcement fillers to nano-scale reinforcement fillers, resulting in the nanocomposite. The effectiveness of the nano-sized fillers in composites can be explained by one of their unique geometric properties: the length-to-thickness aspect ratio. Therefore, nano-sized fillers have exceptionally higher reinforcing efficiency than the conventional, large fillers. The effectiveness of the nano-sized fillers in composites is also due to their large surface area and surface energy.
- Contents:
- Introduction to Nanocomposites
- Perspectives of nanocomposites in the automotive industry
- Nano-fiber reinforced composites
- Nano-platelet reinforced composites
- Nano-particle reinforced composites
- About the editors
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780768087215
- 076808721X
- 9780768082845
- 0768082846
- OCLC:
- 934379685
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