This paper presents principal aspects and recent trends in average and specific use of aluminium in passenger cars. Aspects of material selection and innovative concepts of car construction using light-weight materials that help to meet economical and environmental requirements are discussed as well as special aluminium alloys developed for the increasing demands in higher strength and better formability for light weighting and crash worthiness aspects and the specific advances of aluminium semi products as castings, extrusions and sheet. Examples are presented for successful aluminium solutions in the most advanced SLC 'SuperLIGHTCar' concept, which reaches 34% weight reduction within a cost increment of 7.8 /kg saved.


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    Title :

    Aluminium in innovative light-weight car design


    Additional title:

    Aluminium in der innovativen Leichtbaukonstruktion von Automobilen


    Contributors:
    Hirsch, J. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 13 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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