Making the grade
Article Abstract:
The recent increase in vehicle weights, as a result of demands for improved safety, together with requirements for better fuel economy, have led to the development of high-strength steel grades. While other new, light materials are available, steel is still seen as the most cost-effective solution to lightweight vehicle body design. Many steel suppliers are becoming involved in the development phase of new car bodies and are using CAE and ASAME (automatic strain analysis and measuring environment) simulation techniques to support their work.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 2000
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Mayflower invests in MGF
Article Abstract:
The development of the body of the new MGF is a partnership effort of Rover Group and Mayflower Corp, costing Mayflower over 20 million pound sterling . Rover developed the body design concept to achieve high standards of durability, crash worthiness and dynamics and Mayflower's Motor Panels Coventry Plant conducted the body engineering and developed the body assembly systems, facilities and processes. This is Mayflower's first investment into the design and assembly of a new car.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1995
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
In the frame
Article Abstract:
Stainless steel auto frames are projected as the main answer to standards set by the US Government Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV). The PNGV Supercar program seeks 50% mass reduction in structure while maintaining current cost levels. Stainless steel's primary advantages are greater stiffness and simplicity as a modular frame structure. Stainless steel also carries other physical property advantages over other high-performance materials.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1996
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: More parking above. Selecting tower cranes. Reaching for the sky
- Abstracts: Designing the future. Digital literacy
- Abstracts: Cracking the neuronal code. Is neural noise just a nuisance? Ensemble activity and behavior: what's the code?
- Abstracts: Metal-carbon bonds in nature. Transition state spectroscopy
- Abstracts: Give Jasper expansion the cold shoulder. Bogged down in the Tonquin Valley. People power