Weight Reduction of Automobile Bumper Systems
760012
2/1/1976
- Content
- Weight reductions in automobile bumper systems were achieved by means of a three phase program:
- 1.Reduction of bumper reinforcement gauge by use of work hardening renitrogenized steel.
- 2.Reduction of bumper face bar gauge by use of high formability, high yield strength, inclusion shape control steel.
- 3.Design changes to minimize or eliminate bumper reinforcements.
The weight reductions were achieved without reducing the impact strength of the bumper systems. - 1.
- Citation
- Kary, J., "Weight Reduction of Automobile Bumper Systems," 1976 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, United States, February 23, 1976, https://doi.org/10.4271/760012.