Materials, Design and Manufacturing for Lightweight Vehicles

Materials, Design and Manufacturing for Lightweight Vehicles, Second Edition, features the requirements for processing each material type, explains the manufacture of different categories of components, and analyzes different component joining techniques. The properties of all materials, metals, polymers and composites currently used are included along with how each one influences structural design. The new edition also contains refinements to manufacturing processes in particular hot stamping of boron steel and aluminum alloy, and new chapters on designing lightweight automotive structures & lightweight materials for powertrains and electric vehicles.

With its distinguished editor and renowned team of contributors, this is a standard reference for practicing engineers involved in the design and material selection for motor vehicle bodies and components as well as material scientists, environmental scientists, policy makers, car companies and automotive component manufacturers.

Autorentext
Dr P. K. Mallick is the William E Stirton Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the director of Interdisciplinary Programs at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA. Dr Mallick is also the director of the Center for Lightweighting Automotive Materials and Processing at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Inhalt

1. Overview
2. Advanced Steels
3. Aluminum Alloys
4. Magnesium Alloys
5. Thermoplastics and Thermoplastic-Matrix Composites
6. Thermoset-Matrix Composites
7. Manufacturing Processes for Light Alloys
8. Manufacturing Processes for Light Alloys
9. Joining
10. Recycling and Life Cycle Issues
11. Designing Lightweight Vehicle Bodies
12. Crashworthiness Design Issuses for Lightweight Vehicles