Materials for Automobile Bodies

Informationen zum Autor Following 10 years with Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd. (now Corus) engaged mainly on research into sheet steel products destined for the automotive industry, a further 35 years was spent on materials technology focused on the car body. This included spells at The Pressed Steel Company, Austin-Morris, BL Technology, Rover and finally BMW UK. Experience included all aspects of material selection raging from sheet steel to aluminium and polymers together with a detailed knowlege of most processing aspects such as pressing, painting and welding. Corrosion prevention was a major feature of recent years and collaborative work with Oxford University helped optimise the use of zinc coated steels on current bodywork. Klappentext 2nd edition. With up-to-date and detailed info on contemporary auto body materials, now with more on geographical supply and usage trends, as well as a range of case studies. For engineers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Design and material utilization 3. Materials for consideration and use in automotive body structures 4. The role of demonstration, concept and competition cars 5. Component manufacture 6. Component assembly: materials joining technology 7. Corrosion and protection of the automotive structure 8. Environmental considerations 9. Future trends in automotive body materials

Autorentext
Following 10 years with Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd. (now Corus) engaged mainly on research into sheet steel products destined for the automotive industry, a further 35 years was spent on materials technology focused on the car body. This included spells at The Pressed Steel Company, Austin-Morris, BL Technology, Rover and finally BMW UK. Experience included all aspects of material selection raging from sheet steel to aluminium and polymers together with a detailed knowlege of most processing aspects such as pressing, painting and welding. Corrosion prevention was a major feature of recent years and collaborative work with Oxford University helped optimise the use of zinc coated steels on current bodywork.

Klappentext

2nd edition. With up-to-date and detailed info on contemporary auto body materials, now with more on geographical supply and usage trends, as well as a range of case studies. For engineers.

Zusammenfassung

"Overall.an excellent book. I would have no hesitation recommending it to those studying automotive engineering or automotive materials, as well as engineers in the early stages of their careers in body engineering, materials and manufacturing roles." --Materials World, February 2013

Inhalt

1. Introduction
   
   2. Design and material utilization
   3. Materials for consideration and use in automotive body structures
   4. The role of demonstration, concept and competition cars
   5. Component manufacture
   6. Component assembly: materials joining technology
   7. Corrosion and protection of the automotive structure
   8. Environmental considerations
   9. Future trends in automotive body materials