The paper outlines three emerging issues that are currently affecting material selection decisions throughout the world: ecology, increasing government regulations and consumerism, and the energy shortage. Contents of the paper explain and discuss an analysis regarding the need for automotive weight reduction and the concomitant effects of weight reduction on fuel economy.
The New Trade-Offs in Engineering Materials Selection
Sae Technical Papers
1976 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition ; 1976
1976-02-01
Conference paper
English
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