Composites for Automotive, Truck and Mass Transit: Materials, Design, Manufacturing
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1932078797 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 433 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book clarifies how the material properties of composites can be optimized to decrease weight, expand design options, improve crashworthiness, and reduce fuel consumption in response to CAFE and other regulations. Technical explanation of composite materials in vehicle design and manufacture · Covers all phases of composites design, formulation, fabrication, and testing · Features hundreds of case studies and hard-to-find formulas and analytical data · Detailed information on resins, preforms, lightweighting, biobased materialsThis technical book provides a comprehensive explanation of how advanced composite materials, including FRPs, reinforced thermoplastics, carbon-based composites and many others are designed, processed and utilized in exterior, interior, under-the-hood, structural, semi-structural and non-structural components in passenger cars, performance cars, trucks, motorbikes, and mass transit vehicles. The many case studies and equation-based analyses in this book are intended to assist engineers and others in the selection of materials and the fabrication of vehicle parts.CHAPTER Headings Include: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: POLYMER RESINS, ADDITIVES AND SANDWICH CORES FOR AUTOMOTIVE, MASS TRANSIT AND HEAVY TRUCKS; CHAPTER 3: REINFORCEMENTS FOR AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATIO
should have been coloured for a better and clearer understanding Book falls short of the expectations. The photographs/charts etc. should have been coloured for a better and clearer understanding. Not worth the price offered. :(
--Creig Bowland, 2011 Chair, Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition (ACCE), Global Long Fiber Thermoplastics Leader, PPG Industries, Inc. The work begins with a discussion of the drives for the high growth of composites in the automotive industry. This would make a good course book for an undergraduate composites program. Composites for Automotive, Truck and Mass Transit Dr. Uday Vaidya Uday has written and excellent synopsis on the use of composites in transportation. An excellent snap shot of what is happening in this fast growing and dynamic market. . This work will be one of t