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Design of Light Weight Footstep Using Continuous Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics
Technical Paper
2019-28-0172
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Utility or Off-road vehicles are characterized with their higher ground clearances. Higher ground clearance of vehicle requires the vehicle to have footsteps for easy entry and exit of passengers from the vehicle. A typical foot step construction consists of structural steel brackets with an Aluminum or plastic top panel. Conventional steel construction is heavier to meet weight bearing capacity and durability requirements. Our objective of this work is to explore lightweight materials which can meet these performance requirements with a lighter construction. We chose to study the continuous glass fiber reinforced plastic as an alternative to the metal construction.
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Kumar, P., KV Shenoy, V., Sahu, A., Sriperumbudur, S. et al., "Design of Light Weight Footstep Using Continuous Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics," SAE Technical Paper 2019-28-0172, 2019, https://doi.org/10.4271/2019-28-0172.Also In
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