Materials are rapidly being developed that offer an alternative to steel for automotive exterior body panel applications. The issues of weight savings, investment cost reduction, and ease of design modification have driven OEMs to look at composite materials. This paper focuses on front fenders (wings) component and analyzes the potential of plastic penetration for this component.
Plastic Fenders: An Emerging Market?
Sae Technical Papers
International Congress & Exposition ; 1990
1990-02-01
Conference paper
English
Fenders , Body panels , Composite materials , Steel , Plastics , Wings