The various stages of development for a composite rear axle will be illustrated. Starting with the verification of the industrial applicability of bire-reinforced plastics (FRP) in the automobile and the substitution of individual components, a design concept for an integrated composite rear axle will be explained. A description will be given of the design, manufacture and testing of CFRP spring links made by hand laminating process, filament winding and thermoforming of long fibre-reinforced thermoplastics. The following development stage is the design of a leaf spring link which combines the load bearing function of the spring link with the spring-loaded property of a helical spring. A first design concept for an FRP rear axle will be presented.
Development of FRP rear axle components
Entwicklung von Teilen aus faserverstärktem Kunststoff für Hinterachsen
SAE-Papers ; 1-7
1991
7 Seiten, 7 Bilder
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Development of FRP Rear Axle Components
SAE Technical Papers | 1991
|Development of FRP rear axle components
Kraftfahrwesen | 1991
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