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A Simple Approach to Selecting Automotive Body-in-White Primary-Structural Materials
Technical Paper
2002-01-2050
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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A simple strategy for building lightweight automobile body-in-whites (BIWs) is developed and discussed herein. Because cost is a critical factor, expensive advanced materials, such as carbon fiber composites and magnesium, must only be used where they will be most effective. Constitutive laws for mass savings under various loading conditions indicate that these materials afford greater opportunity for mass saving when used in bending, buckling or torsion than in tensile, shear or compression. Consequently, it is recommended that these advanced materials be used in BIW components subject to bending and torsion such as rails, sills, “A-B-C” pillars, etc. Furthermore, BIW components primarily subject to tension, compression, or shear, such as floor pans, roofs, shock towers, etc., should be made from lower cost steel. Recommendations for future research that are consistent with this strategy are included.
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Baskin, D., Dinda, S., and Moore, T., "A Simple Approach to Selecting Automotive Body-in-White Primary-Structural Materials," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2050, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2050.Also In
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