Overview of DOE'S programs on aluminum and magnesium for automotive application

Conference · Sun Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:6863

Carpenter, J; Diamond, S; Dillich, S; Fitzsimmons, T; Milliken, J; Sklad, P

The U.S. Department of Energy will present an update and review of its programs in aluminum and magnesium for automotive and heavy-duty vehicle applications. While the main programs focused on vehicle materials are in the Office of Transportation Technologies, contributing efforts will be described in the DOE Office of Industrial Technologies and the DOE Office of Energy Research. The presentation will discuss materials for body/chassis and power train, and will highlight the considerable synergy among the efforts. The bulk of the effort is on castings, sheet, and alloys with a smaller focus on metal matrix composites. Cost reduction and energy savings are the overriding themes of the programs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) (EE-20); USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Transportation Technologies (EE-30) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 6863
• Report Number(s): ORNL/CP-102855; EE 04 01 00 0; EE 04 01 00 0; TRN: AH200116%%375
• Resource Relation: Conference: TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (US), 02/28/1999--03/04/1999; Other Information: PBD: 28 Feb 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM
CASTINGS
MAGNESIUM
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
VEHICLES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
COST