Search Results - subject:"lightweighting"

A Case Study: Designing for Sustainability and Reliability in an Automotive Seat Structure

Yuce, Celalettin; Karpat, Fatih; Yavuz, Nurettin; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 7, pp. 4608-4631

the area for lightweighting due to its important role in the mass of commercial vehicles in terms of numbers per vehicle …

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Lightweighting technologies : analyzing strategic and economic implications of advanced manufacturing processes

Farooq, M. Arsalan; Roth, Richard; Kirchain, Randolph - In: International journal of production economics 206 (2018), pp. 268-279

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Comprehensive Considerations on Material Selection for Lightweighting Vehicle Bodies Based on Material Costs and Assembly Joining Technologies

He (Herman) Tang - In: International Journal of Manufacturing, Materials, and … 7 (2017) 4, pp. 1-14

Lightweighting is a trend of new vehicles, driven by government regulations and environmental concerns. A major … development effort in the automotive industry is on lightweighting vehicle bodies. This paper discusses the materials, their … characteristics, weight reduction potentials, and costs for lightweighting vehicle bodies. The paper exams the joining technologies on …

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Safer or cheaper? : traffic safety, vehicle choices and the effect of new corporate average fuel economy standards

Liu, Yizao - In: Resource and energy economics 49 (2017), pp. 99-112

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Plug-in vs. wireless charging: Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions for an electric bus system

Bi, Zicheng; Song, Lingjun; De Kleine, Robert; Mi, … - In: Applied Energy 146 (2015) C, pp. 11-19

charging hardware was conducted, and battery downsizing, vehicle lightweighting and use-phase energy consumption were modeled …

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Reducing fuel consumption through modular vehicle architectures

Carvalho, Irene; Baier, Thomas; Simoes, Ricardo; Silva, … - In: Applied Energy 93 (2012) C, pp. 556-563

By identifying energy waste streams in vehicles fuel consumption and introducing the concept of lean driving systems, a technological gap for reducing fuel consumption was identified. This paper proposes a solution to overcome this gap, through a modular vehicle architecture aligned with driving...

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