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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Plastics Application Technology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Application Development Cycle -- 1.2.1 Voice of the Customer -- 1.2.2 Benchmarking -- 1.2.3 Material Selection -- 1.2.4 Styling and Industrial Design -- 1.2.5 Computer-Aided Design -- 1.2.6 Computer-Aided Engineering -- 1.2.7 Process Modeling -- 1.2.8 Tooling -- 1.2.9 Prototyping -- 1.2.10 Secondary Operations -- 1.2.11 Part Testing -- 1.3 Material Selection Methodology -- 1.3.1 Screening of Material Properties -- 1.3.2 Conversion Processes -- 1.3.3 Structural Requirements |
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1.3.4 Environmental Conditions -- 1.3.5 Assembly and Secondary Operations -- 1.3.6 Cost Factors -- 1.3.7 Regulations and Standards Compliance -- 1.4 Advantages of Plastics -- 1.4.1 Styling Freedom -- 1.4.2 Material Property -- 1.4.3 Performance -- 1.4.4 Part Integration -- 1.4.5 Weight Reduction -- 1.4.6 System-Level Cost Reduction -- 1.5 Key Automotive Plastics Applications -- 1.5.1 Safety and Energy Management -- 1.5.2 Interiors and Occupant Safety -- 1.5.3 Glazing -- 1.5.4 Plastic-Metal Hybrid Structures -- 1.5.5 Headlamps -- 1.5.6 Body Panels -- 1.5.7 Under-the-Hood Components -- 1.6 Summary |
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1.7 References -- Chapter 2 Crash and Energy Management Systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Safety as an Emerging Global Concern -- 2.3 Regulatory and New Car Assessment Program Crash Test Requirements -- 2.3.1 Pedestrian Impact Tests -- 2.3.2 Low-Speed Vehicle Damageability or Bumper Structural Tests -- 2.3.3 High-Speed Crashes for Occupant Protection -- 2.4 Impact and Energy-Absorption Efficiency -- 2.5 Design of Energy-Absorbing Elements -- 2.6 Pedestrian Protection -- 2.6.1 Vehicle Bumper Stiffness Profile -- 2.6.2 Design of Pedestrian-Safe Bumper Systems -- 2.6.3 Pedestrian Energy Absorbers |
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2.6.3.1 Pedestrian Energy Absorbers-Middle Load Path -- 2.6.3.2 SUV Energy Absorbers-Upper Load Path -- 2.6.3.3 Undertray-Lower Load Path -- 2.7 Countermeasures for Low-Speed Vehicle Damageability Tests -- 2.7.1 Bumper Design Challenges -- 2.7.2 Thermoplastic Solitary Beam Solutions -- 2.7.3 Hybrid Plastic-Metal Bumper Beam Solutions -- 2.8 Low-Speed Damageability and Lower-Leg Impact-Compliant Bumper System -- 2.8.1 Conflicting Energy-Absorbing Requirements for Bumpers -- 2.8.2 Dual-Stage Energy-Absorber Approach -- 2.8.3 Performance Evaluation |
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2.9 Vehicle Structural Integrity for High-Speed Crashes -- 2.9.1 Hybrid Rail Extensions for Frontal Crashes -- 2.9.2 Plastic Reinforced Body-in-White Structures -- 2.9.3 A Case Study on Roof Crush Countermeasures -- 2.10 Summary -- 2.11 Trends -- 2.12 References -- Chapter 3 Interiors -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Instrument Panel -- 3.2.1 Key Drivers in Instrument Panel Design -- 3.2.2 Automotive Instrument Panel Carriers -- 3.2.2.1 Occupant Safety: Head and Knee Impact -- 3.2.2.2 Processing Challenges of Instrument Panel Carriers -- 3.2.2.3 Mold-Filling Simulations of Instrument Panel Carriers |
| Summary |
The automotive sector is looking for lighter-weight materials for improved fuel economy and post-consumer recyclability to foster environmental sustainability. Engineering thermoplastics offer the ability to tailor-make components from polymers, and to design parts for enhanced performance, new functionality, part integration, and elimination of secondary operations. Parts made from engineering thermoplastics can be manufactured within specified cost constraints, and using manufacturing methods that offer a wide range of production flexibility. Additionally, plastics offer greater styling, improved energy absorption for pedestrian and occupant safety, and enhanced performance over traditional materials, all while reducing overall vehicle weight. This book is focused on the use of plastics in automobiles, not just for traditional applications such as interiors and body panels, but for more advanced uses such as under-the-hood components. It provides application technology development for various aspects of automotive design-concept design, CAD modeling, predictive engineering methods through CAE, manufacturing method simulation, and prototype and tool making |
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20181217 |
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Lightweight materials.
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Plastics in automobiles.
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Reinforced plastics.
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reinforced plastic.
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Lightweight materials
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Plastics in automobiles
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Reinforced plastics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780768080186 |
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0768080185 |
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