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Title Automotive engineering : lightweight, functional, and novel materials / edited by Brian Cantor, Patrick Grant, Colin Johnston
Published New York : Taylor & Francis, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 277 pages) : illustrations
Series Series in materials science and engineering
Series in materials science and engineering.
Contents Future vehicles and materials technologies -- Automobile aluminum sheet -- Plastic technology for automotive modules -- Automotive catalysts -- Magnetorheological fluids -- Impact loading -- High-temperature electronic materials -- Smart materials -- Formability of aluminum alloys -- Ductile magnesium -- Enhancement of crashworthiness in cellular structures -- Compressive properties of cellular metals -- Heavily deformable alloy Stainless steel sandwich sheets with fibrous metals cores -- Welding and joining -- Titanium aluminide-based intermetallic alloys -- Casting processes and simulation tools -- Damage tolerance in composite structures -- High-performance autosport surface treatments and composites
Summary "Provides an overview of automotive materials and technologies. This book covers the key designs and materials being used in the industrial manufacturing sector. It also outlines the application of functional materials, such as magnetorheological fluids and smart structures, to several areas of automotive technology."--Ebook Library
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Motor vehicles -- Materials
TRANSPORTATION -- Automotive -- Customizing.
Motor vehicles -- Materials
Form Electronic book
Author Cantor, B.
Grant, Patrick, Dr.
Johnston, Colin
ISBN 9781420011906
1420011901