Lightweight Aluminum/Nano composites for Automotive Drive Train Applications

Abstract

One of the goals of the DOE PNGV, DOE Freedom Car and Vehicle Technologies, Freedom Car and Fuel Program, United States Automotive material Partnership (USAMP) is to reduce vehicle weight by 50 % by using lightweight materials in place of current steels. The project objective is to develop high performance, low-cost, lightweight aluminum metal matrix composite components for use in automotive drive train applications. The targeted application is to produce net-shape gears using Dynamic Magnetic Compaction.