Materials Used in the Automotive Industry

Abstract

Elaborated shapes of many car components are the reason for which the use of casting techniques to fabricate them is a solution wellfounded from the economical point of view. Currently applicable regulatory requirements concerning emissions of exhaust fumes force the carmakers to reduce the overall weight of their products, as this is a basic precondition for reducing fuel consumption. As a result, newly launched car models contain a continuously increasing share of thin-walled castings made of materials which ensure a satisfactory level of service properties. At the same time, developing new technological processes allowing to extend the service life of individual components by means of surface improving becomes more and more important.

Review on the Effect of Deep Cryogenic Treatment of Metallic Materials in Automotive Applications

“…In recent years, magnesium, nickel and titanium alloys are getting more attention in the automotive industry. Magnesium alloys can be mostly found in racing cars (very light material and contribute to saving fuel), for example, in Porsche 917, 133 kg of its total weight is attributed to components made of magnesium alloys [5] A synopsis of the literature on the non-ferrous alloys exposed to DCT presented in Table 2 provides interesting outcome, demonstrating that not much research has been conducted in the field of DCT in combination with non-ferrous alloys. This is shown by the scarce amount of studies conducted with a much limited amount of different alloys researched in terms of DCT effect [81][82][83][84][85][86].…”

“…Selection of materials for automotive applications is influenced by the demand on fuel/energy consumption reduction, operating conditions and application, costs saving and maintenance. Additionally, market demands on driving comfort, safety and every year's new designs of the vehicles, give rise to many additional parameters to be fulfilled by the selected material [5,6]. To cope with these increasing demands, different approaches on enhancement of properties of metallic materials are being developed nowadays.…”

The Mechanical Properties Requirement for Polymer Composite Automotive Parts - A Review

“…Researcher on car bodies has been conducted by many researchers. Some of them investigated the crash safety [28] and some of them investigated the material used for car body [29] and some of them both of crash safety and material used [30] or design of a conceptual bumper energy absorber coupling pedestrian safety and low speed impact requirement [31]. Others researcher study about natural fiber as reinforce of composite material for car body [32].…”

Studi Kasus Analisis Kegagalan Material Piston Sepeda Motor

“…Pada saat terjadi proses pembakarandi dalam silinder, energi panas yang dihasilkan oleh gas pembakaran sangat tinggi (200-300 o C) [2]. Untuk membuat piston yang baik, bahan yang akan digunakan untuk piston harus benar-benar terpilih agar tercipta kualitas piston yang baik [3]. Umumnya piston terbuat dari paduan Alumunium.…”