Composite Materials for Automotive Applications
ME 59700/ 3 Cr.
This course focuses on design and analysis of composite materials for automotive and motorsport applications and will cover the following four main subjects: composite materials in the automotive industry, impact and crash analysis, damage and failure, case studies and designs.
Primary Track: Solid Mechanics & CAE, Materials
- Available Online: No
- Credit by Exam: No
- Laptop Required: No
Textbooks
Advanced Composite Materials for Automotive Applications, Elmarakbi, Wiley, 1st EditionOutcomes
- Explain how composite materials are designed, processed and utilized in vehicles.
- Explain all phases of composite design, modelling, testing and failure analysis
- Evaluate the performance of existing materials including carbon composites and future developments in automotive material technology
- Integrate impact, crash, failure, damage, analysis and modeling of composites
- Integrate theory and practice in the field of composite materials and automotive engineering
- Include energy efficiency and environmental implications
Topics
- Overview of Composite Materials and their Automotive Applications
- High-Volume Thermoplastic Composite Technology for Automotive
Structures - Development of Low-Cost Carbon Fiber for Automotive Applications
- Mechanical Properties of Advanced Pore Morphology Foam Composites
- Automotive Composite Structures for Crashworthiness
- Crashworthiness Analysis of Composite and Thermoplastic Foam
Structure for Automotive Bumper Subsystem - Hybrid Structures Consisting of Sheet Metal and Fiber Reinforced Plastics
for Structural Automotive Applications - Nonlinear Strain Rate Dependent Micro-Mechanical Composite Material
Model for Crashworthiness Simulation - Design Solutions to Improve CFRP Crash-Box Impact Efficiency for
Racing Applications - Fracture and Failure Mechanisms for Different Loading Modes in
Unidirectional Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites - Numerical Simulation of Damages in FRP Laminated Structures under
Transverse Quasi-Static or Low-Velocity Impact Loads - Building Delamination Fracture Envelope under Mode I/Mode II Loading
for FRP Composite Materials - Metal Matrix Composites for Automotive Applications
- Development of a Composite Wheel with Integrated Hub Motor and
Requirements on Safety Components in Composite - Composite Materials in Automotive Body Panels, Concerning Noise and
Vibration - Composite Materials for Automotive Braking Systems
- Low-Cost Carbon Fiber: Applications, Performance and Cost Models