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Feasibility of Using Aluminum Sandwich Panels for Automobile Body Structure
Parole chiave FEM MODELLING, COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, WEIGHT SAVING
Riferimenti GIOVANNI BELINGARDI
Riferimenti esterni Shirish Patil (shirishpatil77@gmail.com) Visiting Professor
Gruppi di ricerca 25-Struttura e sicurezza dei veicoli: progettazione,simulazione,ottimizzazione
Descrizione Currently, most of the large panels in body structure (roof panel, floor panel, dash panel, hood panel, etc.) are made of thin steel sheet metal which is less than 1 mm thick. These panels are very weak in resisting bending loads, hence reinforcements are provided to improve their bending stiffness and strength. With reinforcements, the steel panels are heavy and there is an opportunity to investigate alternative materials and structural configurations to reduce weight. One such alternative is aluminum sandwich construction. Objective: Investigate the weight reduction opportunity by replacing major steel automobile panels/reinforcements with aluminum sandwich construction.
Vedi anche proposal 1.pdf
Note The thesis will be led by me and Professor Patil. He is an expert in lightweight car body design having leaded the FORD team for extensive aluminum body and then having had a Professorship at the National University in Singapore.
Scadenza validita proposta 21/03/2017
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