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Potential Mass Reduction and Material Cost Penalties of Body Panels with Alternate Materials
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This paper describes alternate material designs of body panels for a front-wheel drive compact car. The results identify the potential mass savings and the corresponding material cost penalties for all the body panels when composite materials suitable for high-volume production (glass-SMC and carbon-SMC) and aluminum are substituted for mild steel.
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Chang, D., Wu, K., and Vella, J., "Potential Mass Reduction and Material Cost Penalties of Body Panels with Alternate Materials," SAE Technical Paper 810229, 1981, https://doi.org/10.4271/810229.Also In
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