The objective of this paper is to devise innovative lightweight design concepts for heavy vehicle structures. A 1 to 4 prototype of a trailer was built to assess the feasibility of use of polymer composites and to have first hand experience with possible bonding methods to join the design parts. In the current trailer configurations, floor assembly constitutes 70% of the overall weight. The results indicated that sandwich technology with a lightweight core that adds flexural stiffness to the overall design provides a solution to decrease the weight of heavy vehicle systems.
Innovative Structural Concepts for Lightweight Design of Heavy Vehicle Systems
Sae Int. J. Commer. Veh
Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition ; 2008
Sae International Journal of Commercial Vehicles ; 1 , 1 ; 367-372
2008-10-07
6 pages
Conference paper
English
Innovative Structural Concepts for Lightweight Design of Heavy Vehicle Systems
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