Automotive Applications of Plastics: Past, Present, and Future

Pradeep, S; Iyer, Rakesh; Kazan, Hakan; Pilla, Srikanth

doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-39040-8.00031-6

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“…103 Therefore, hybridizing it with a little number of synthetic fibers can counterbalance the disadvantages of both the fibers and the hybrid composite can be utilized with its optimum properties. 10,104 Pervaiz et al 2 illustrated that carbon fiber is two times stronger and 30% lighter in weight as compared to glass which is being used for automotive applications. The cost of carbon fiber makes it a limiting factor to be used for automobile applications and is used only for high-end applications such as luxury and sports cars.…”

Section: Pp-based Composites-a Breakthrough In the Automobile Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The principal factors for using these natural fiber-reinforced composites are its improved performance, cost-effectiveness, and weight reduction. Pradeep et al 10 studied that the automobile makers are interrogating several ways to produce lightweight parts for automobile applications so as to meet the necessary demand produced by Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) 2025 targets that illustrated the fuel efficiency can be increased by 6-8% per 10% of vehicle's weight reduction.…”

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Progress of novel techniques for lightweight automobile applications through innovative eco-friendly composite materials: A review

Agarwal

Sahoo

Mohanty

et al. 2019

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

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The uncertain climatic changes-related issues in the recent times has led an apprehension for all automotive makers to develop innovative composite materials to reduce vehicle’s fuel consumption. Hence, this review article has given special attention toward the factors that motivated several automakers to undergo research on biocomposites as it plays an important role for biodegradability and sustainability across the globe. In particular, cellulose nanofibers-reinforced composites are the main research focus in the current scenario which can be applied for different automotive applications with numerous advantages and abundant accessibility. Polypropylene (PP) is the emerging polymer in the automotive industry, and many researchers are now mainly focusing their research on PP-based composites which can serve as a boon for different environmental problems faced by the current scenario as depicted by Figure 1. It also reported the recent advancement on the development of innovative composite materials by different automakers with regard to finding suitable actions for reduction of fuel consumption to the recommended confines.

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Section: Pp-based Composites-a Breakthrough In the Automobile Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Progress of novel techniques for lightweight automobile applications through innovative eco-friendly composite materials: A review

Agarwal

Sahoo

Mohanty

et al. 2019

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

140

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“…Sustainable design in the early phases of new passenger vehicle development has gained paramount importance within both society and the automotive industry business over recent decades (Grey and Tarascon, 2017). Innovative concepts such as the use of lightweight material design and crashworthiness have consequently gained prominent attention for their high strength, stiffness and high energy absorption capabilities (Pradeep et al, 2017). In the initial product development phases, designers and engineers must consider material selection to accurately establish lightweight and durability parameters (Danilecki et al, 2017).…”

Section: Lightweight Materials and Their Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A preliminary mechanical design evaluation of the Wikispeed car: for light-weighting implications

Kulkarni

Edwards

Chapman

et al. 2019

JEDT

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Purpose: Road passenger transportation faces a global challenge of reducing environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions due to vehicle weight increases needed to enhance passenger safety and comfort. This paper presents a preliminary mechanical design evaluation of the Wikispeed Car (with a focus on body bending, body torsion and body crash) to assess light-weighting implications and improve the vehicle's environmental performance without compromising safety. Approach: For this research, finite element analysis (FEA) were performed to examine the Wikispeed chassis for light-weighting opportunities in three key aspects of the vehicle's design, namely: i) for body bending the rockers (or longitudinal tubes); ii) for body torsion (again on the rockers but also the chassis as a whole); and iii) for crash safetyon the frontal crash structure. A two phase approach was adopted, namely: in phase one, a 3D CAD geometry was generated; and in phase two FEA was generated. The combination of analysis results was used to develop the virtual model using FEA tools and the model was updated based on the correlation process. Findings: The research revealed that changing the specified material Aluminium Alloy 6061-T651 to Magnesium EN-MB10020 allows vehicle mass to be reduced by an estimated 110kg, thus, producing a concomitant 10% improvement in fuel economy. The initial results imply that the current beam design made from magnesium would perform worst during a crash as the force required to buckle the beam is the lowest (between 95.2 kN and 134 kN). Steel has the largest bandwidth of force required for buckling and also requires the largest force for buckling (between 317 kN and 540 kN). Originality: This is the first study of its kind to compare and contrast between material substitution and its impact upon Wikispeed car safety and performance.

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“…An example is the use of bio‐PA in composites for automotive sector, where these materials are replacing steel and aluminum parts reducing the vehicle weight. Moreover, the future trends of the market toward the electric vehicle demand light materials with high mechanical and temperature performance .…”

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The Influence of Sepiolite Orientation and Concentration, on the Morphological, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Bio‐Polyamide 4.10 Nanocomposites

Asensio

Herrero

Núñez

et al. 2020

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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Nowadays, trends in automotive sector are toward highperformance materials, but also the concern about the environment has become an important driver for car manufacturers. In this sense, reinforced polymers are lightweight materials that can replace metals in some structural applications with an outstanding contribution to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions. In short fiber-reinforced polymers, processed by injection molding, the fibers are oriented in multiple and arbitrary directions. Due to the arrangement of the fibers, these materials present different thermomechanical behavior. In this study, bio-polyamide 4.10/sepiolite (0-15 wt %) nanocomposites obtained by melt compounding were injected using a square plate mold. Specimens were mechanized in different directions (0 , 45 , and 90 ) from this square plate and morphologically and thermomechanically tested. The sepiolite reinforcement results showed improvement in the thermomechanical properties. Moreover, despite the nanometer size of the reinforcement, the mechanical properties were also dependent on the fiber orientation during the injection molding of the nanocomposites.

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Automotive Applications of Plastics: Past, Present, and Future

Cited by 74 publications

References 38 publications

Progress of novel techniques for lightweight automobile applications through innovative eco-friendly composite materials: A review

Progress of novel techniques for lightweight automobile applications through innovative eco-friendly composite materials: A review

A preliminary mechanical design evaluation of the Wikispeed car: for light-weighting implications

The Influence of Sepiolite Orientation and Concentration, on the Morphological, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Bio‐Polyamide 4.10 Nanocomposites

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