Automotive steels: design, metallurgy, processing and applications

by Rana, Radhakanta Singh, Shiv Brat

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Full title :Automotive steels : design, metallurgy, processing and applications / edited by Radhakanta Rana, Shiv Brat Singh

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier
Place of Publication:Duxford, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 469 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0081006381, 9780081006382
oclc:on1008970532
LC Classification:TL154
Dewey Decimal:629.2 32

Front Cover; Automotive Steels; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; 1 Design of auto body: materials perspective; 1.1 History of steel usage in vehicle body structures and closures; 1.2 Significant events in history impacting steel application in vehicle design; 1.3 Breakdown in vehicle by material mass and application; 1.4 Improved safety and fuel economy: current regulations; 1.4.1 Safety regulations; 1.4.2 CAFE and relationship to CO2 emissions; 1.5 Vehicle energy losses and contribution to fuel economy through mass reduction; 1.5.1 Aluminum; 1.5.2 Magnesium

1.5.3 Carbon fiber reinforced polymers1.6 Summary; References; 2 Steels for auto bodies: a general overview; 2.1 Steel grades and design strategy for auto body applications; 2.1.1 Critical safety structure applications; 2.1.2 Other body applications; 2.2 Steel's contribution to fuel economy through mass reduction; 2.2.1 2-G grade and gauge optimization; 2.2.2 3-G grade, gauge, and geometry optimization; 2.2.3 NHTSA Volpe model for CAFE compliance and effects; 2.3 Recent body structure & closures production applications; 2.4 Manufacturing concerns; 2.4.1 Forming; 2.4.2 Welding/joining

2.4.3 Painting2.5 Future s…