In order to keep or to reach a high level of competitiveness and performance of a product, it is necessary to explore all the possible solutions that allow the best compromise between costs and project requirements. By this point of view the study of alternative designs and/or materials to use, is an important aspect that can identify a new concept or way of thinking about a product. This paper presents how to make use of composite materials in the field of heavy vehicles transportation. A new semitrailer in composite material has been designed, using a methodical redesign approach and an optimisation process. The main innovation in this project is, besides the use of the Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics (GFRPs), also a new topology of the vehicle frame; the designed semitrailer, in fact, has a monocoque structure.


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    Title :

    A new design approach to the use of composite materials for heavy transport vehicles


    Additional title:

    Eine neue Betrachtungsweise bei der Anwendung von Verbundwerkstoffen in der Konstruktion von schweren Transportfahrzeugen



    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    15 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 27 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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