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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"lightweight vehicle"”.
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An analysis of automotive body assembly technologies and their implications in lightweight vehicle development
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 1997.
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Modeling design changes in vehicle assembly systems : platform transition strategies and manufacturing flexibility
… their cars. Due to these increasingly stringent vehicle efficiency standards, considerable effort has been expended to reduce vehicle fuel consumption. Since the mass of the vehicle dominates all of these efforts, it can be argued that future emission requirements will be impossible to achieve …
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Material substitution in electric vehicle manufacturing : comparing advanced high strength steel and aluminum
In electric vehicle production, the high cost of battery manufacture motivates investment in energy efficient and lightweight vehicle designs. A common lightweighting strategy is to substitute Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) or aluminum in place of traditional mild steel. Aluminum is a lighter …
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Implementation of Composites and Plastics Materials for Vehicle Lightweight
… standards and rise of fuel cost, design of lightweight vehicle is becoming a challenging task in automotive industry. For these reasons, multidisciplinary design approaches are becoming mandatory that takes into account all parties’ interests. The thesis addresses the potential use of …
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Catalysis and manufacturing of two-scale hierarchical nano- and microfiber advanced aerospace fiber-reinforced plastic composites
… the potential for enabling future generations of lightweight, durable, and multifunctional vehicle structures. By reinforcing the weak matrix-rich regions between individual fibers and plies, the circumferential growth of aligned carbon nanotubes (A-CNTs) on carbon microfibers (CFs) enables new …
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Enhancement of crashworthiness in car-truck collisions using damped under-ride guard and composite crush elements
… light weight passenger car and a heavy freight vehicle and to design an improved crash energy management system to reduce the severity of collisions. A concept of an energy dissipating under-ride guard is analytically modeled and the performance potentials are investigated under direct and …