DOE Automotive Composite Materials Research: Present and Future Efforts
Abstract
One method of increasing automotive energy efficiency is through mass reduction of structural components by the incorporation of composite materials. Significant use of glass reinforced polymers as structural components could yield a 20--30% reduction in vehicle weight while the use of carbon fiber reinforced materials could yield a 40--60% reduction in mass. Specific areas of research for lightweighting automotive components are listed, along with research needs for each of these categories: (1) low mass metals; (2) polymer composites; and (3) ceramic materials.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 3459
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/CP-101220
TRN: AH200112%%467
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Composites Manufacturing and Tooling '99, Anaheim, CA (US), 02/08/1999--02/10/1999; Other Information: PBD: 10 Aug 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; CARBON FIBERS; CERAMICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLASS; MANUFACTURING; POLYMERS; REINFORCED MATERIALS
Citation Formats
Warren, C D. DOE Automotive Composite Materials Research: Present and Future Efforts. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web.
Warren, C D. DOE Automotive Composite Materials Research: Present and Future Efforts. United States.
Warren, C D. 1999.
"DOE Automotive Composite Materials Research: Present and Future Efforts". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/3459.
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abstractNote = {One method of increasing automotive energy efficiency is through mass reduction of structural components by the incorporation of composite materials. Significant use of glass reinforced polymers as structural components could yield a 20--30% reduction in vehicle weight while the use of carbon fiber reinforced materials could yield a 40--60% reduction in mass. Specific areas of research for lightweighting automotive components are listed, along with research needs for each of these categories: (1) low mass metals; (2) polymer composites; and (3) ceramic materials.},
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