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The New Trade-Offs in Engineering Materials Selection
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The paper outlines three emerging issues that are currently affecting material selection decisions throughout the world: ecology, increasing government regulations and consumerism, and the energy shortage. Contents of the paper explain and discuss an analysis regarding the need for automotive weight reduction and the concomitant effects of weight reduction on fuel economy.
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Gray, E. and McLeefe, R., "The New Trade-Offs in Engineering Materials Selection," SAE Technical Paper 760263, 1976, https://doi.org/10.4271/760263.Also In
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- “Ecology Ratings - A New Frontier” Modern Packaging July 1974 18 21
- “Factors Affecting Automotive Fuel Economy” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air & Waste Management, Mobile Source Air Pollution Control - Emission Control Technology Division September 1975 22