Advanced thermoplastic composites: An attractive new material for usage in highly loaded vehicle components

Conference · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:109769

Mehn, R; Seidl, F; Peis, R; Heinzmann, D; Frei, P ^[1]

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1. BMW AG Muenchen (Germany)

Beside the lightweight potential and further well known advantages of advanced composite materials, continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics employed in vehicle structural parts especially offer short manufacturing cycle times and an additional economically viable manufacturing process. Presenting a frame structure concept for two highly loaded vehicle parts, a safety seat and a side door, numerous features concerning the choice of suitable composite materials, design aspects, investigations to develop a thermoforming technique, mature for a series production of vehicle parts, are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 109769
• Report Number(s): CONF-950521-; ISBN 1-56676-313-4; TRN: IM9543%%70
• Resource Relation: Conference: ENERCOMP 95: international conference on composite materials and energy, Montreal (Canada), 8-10 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of International conference on composite materials and energy: Proceedings. Enercomp 95; PB: 1080 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DESIGN
FIBERGLASS
THERMOPLASTICS
AUTOMOBILES
MANUFACTURING
SAFETY
COST
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
MATERIALS WORKING
MOLDING