Beta
24844

VEHICLE STRUCTURE MODELING AND ANALYSIS APPLYING COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Article

Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

The automotive industry is faced with an unprecedented challenge of producing cars that yield more miles per gallon and fewer pollutant. A lighter vehicle means lighter materials which in the same time fulfill safety requirements. In this study, modeling and analysis of the vehicle frame and body have been performed to anticipate the dimensions, weight and percentage of weight reduction when replacing the conventional materials with composite materials. Both steel and carbon fibers volume fractions affected the percentage of frame weight reduction but in an opposite way. The frame deformations under bending or torsion for both steel and carbon fiber composite having the same volume fraction are nearly the same. Boron / epoxy body panels has the least thickness and the highest percentage of weight reduction. Boron /aluminum was found to be a good alternative material for steel box beams used in the integral vehicle structure.

DOI

10.21608/asat.2001.24844

Keywords

Automotive, structure, Composite materials

Authors

First Name

EL-SOALY

Last Name

A.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Prof. Dr. Higher Inst. Of Technology , Tenth of Ramadan.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

MOUSSA

Last Name

M.

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Egyptian Armed Forces.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

RABEEH

Last Name

M.

MiddleName

B.

Affiliation

Egyptian Armed Forces.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

ELTAHER

Last Name

M.

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Egyptian Armed Forces.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

9

Article Issue

ASAT Conference, 8-10 May 2001

Related Issue

4547

Issue Date

2001-05-01

Receive Date

2019-01-16

Publish Date

2001-05-01

Page Start

1

Page End

18

Print ISSN

2090-0678

Online ISSN

2636-364X

Link

https://asat.journals.ekb.eg/article_24844.html

Detail API

https://asat.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=24844

Order

39

Type

Original Article

Type Code

737

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

International Conference on Aerospace Sciences and Aviation Technology

Publication Link

https://asat.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

VEHICLE STRUCTURE MODELING AND ANALYSIS APPLYING COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023