Sustainable and advanced manufacturing processes of light structural materials of the transport sector

Abstract

30% of emissions in the European Union (EU) originate from transport, and there are commitments by all sectors involved, road transport, civil aviation and maritime for a progressive reduction. The mass of the vehicles has a significant influence on their consumption and emissions, so there is a need to replace traditional heavy materials with light structural materials or combinations of them, and to optimise their manufacturing processes. This work reviews the scientific literature published during the period 2015-19. Aiming to select the most relevant articles minimizing the bias, a search strategy is defined, applied in the Web of Science database, and the selection limited to publications in Open Access, English, Q1-Q2 journals or prestigious conference proceedings, from 01/01/2015 to 01/01/2020. The final objective of the work is to provide a global perspective of the latest trends in studies on light structural materials with application in the aeronautical and/or automotive fields, of studies oriented towards sustainability, and with a special interest in those that apply advanced manufacturing and/or machining processes.