Design, Manufacturing and Test of CFRP Front Hood Concepts for a Light-Weight Vehicle
Composite materials are very often used in the manufacture of lightweight parts in the automotive industry, manufacturing of cost-efficient elements implies proper technology combined with a structural optimization of the material structure. The paper presents the manufacturing process, experimental...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2021-04-01
|
| Series: | Polymers |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/9/1374 |
| _version_ | 1797536643350003712 |
|---|---|
| author | Paul Bere Mircea Dudescu Călin Neamțu Cătălin Cocian |
| author_facet | Paul Bere Mircea Dudescu Călin Neamțu Cătălin Cocian |
| author_sort | Paul Bere |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Composite materials are very often used in the manufacture of lightweight parts in the automotive industry, manufacturing of cost-efficient elements implies proper technology combined with a structural optimization of the material structure. The paper presents the manufacturing process, experimental and numerical analyses of the mechanical behavior for two composite hoods with different design concepts and material layouts as body components of a small electric vehicle. The first model follows the black metal design and the second one is based on the composite design concept. Manufacturing steps and full details regarding the fabrication process are delivered in the paper. Static stiffness and strain values for lateral, longitudinal and torsional loading cases were investigated. The first composite hood is 254 times lighter than a similar steel hood and the second hood concept is 22% lighter than the first one. The improvement in terms of lateral stiffness for composite hoods about a similar steel hood is for the black metal design concept about 80% and 157% for the hood with a sandwich structure and modified backside frame. Transversal stiffness is few times higher for both composite hoods while the torsional stiffness has an increase of 62% compared to a similar steel hood. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-10T12:03:40Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-4b94abb884304c40b9cf292d75520c86 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2073-4360 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-10T12:03:40Z |
| publishDate | 2021-04-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Polymers |
| spelling | doaj.art-4b94abb884304c40b9cf292d75520c862023-11-21T16:44:49ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602021-04-01139137410.3390/polym13091374Design, Manufacturing and Test of CFRP Front Hood Concepts for a Light-Weight VehiclePaul Bere0Mircea Dudescu1Călin Neamțu2Cătălin Cocian3Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Machine Building, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Memorandumului 28, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Automotive, Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Memorandumului 28, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Design Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Machine Building, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Memorandumului 28, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaSC. BELCO AVIA SRL, Cruci Str. 423, 427120 Livezile, Bistriţa-Năsăud, RomaniaComposite materials are very often used in the manufacture of lightweight parts in the automotive industry, manufacturing of cost-efficient elements implies proper technology combined with a structural optimization of the material structure. The paper presents the manufacturing process, experimental and numerical analyses of the mechanical behavior for two composite hoods with different design concepts and material layouts as body components of a small electric vehicle. The first model follows the black metal design and the second one is based on the composite design concept. Manufacturing steps and full details regarding the fabrication process are delivered in the paper. Static stiffness and strain values for lateral, longitudinal and torsional loading cases were investigated. The first composite hood is 254 times lighter than a similar steel hood and the second hood concept is 22% lighter than the first one. The improvement in terms of lateral stiffness for composite hoods about a similar steel hood is for the black metal design concept about 80% and 157% for the hood with a sandwich structure and modified backside frame. Transversal stiffness is few times higher for both composite hoods while the torsional stiffness has an increase of 62% compared to a similar steel hood.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/9/1374carbon fiber reinforced polymersfront hoodmanufacturing technologynumerical and experimental analysis |
| spellingShingle | Paul Bere Mircea Dudescu Călin Neamțu Cătălin Cocian Design, Manufacturing and Test of CFRP Front Hood Concepts for a Light-Weight Vehicle Polymers carbon fiber reinforced polymers front hood manufacturing technology numerical and experimental analysis |
| title | Design, Manufacturing and Test of CFRP Front Hood Concepts for a Light-Weight Vehicle |
| title_full | Design, Manufacturing and Test of CFRP Front Hood Concepts for a Light-Weight Vehicle |
| title_fullStr | Design, Manufacturing and Test of CFRP Front Hood Concepts for a Light-Weight Vehicle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design, Manufacturing and Test of CFRP Front Hood Concepts for a Light-Weight Vehicle |
| title_short | Design, Manufacturing and Test of CFRP Front Hood Concepts for a Light-Weight Vehicle |
| title_sort | design manufacturing and test of cfrp front hood concepts for a light weight vehicle |
| topic | carbon fiber reinforced polymers front hood manufacturing technology numerical and experimental analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/9/1374 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT paulbere designmanufacturingandtestofcfrpfronthoodconceptsforalightweightvehicle AT mirceadudescu designmanufacturingandtestofcfrpfronthoodconceptsforalightweightvehicle AT calinneamtu designmanufacturingandtestofcfrpfronthoodconceptsforalightweightvehicle AT catalincocian designmanufacturingandtestofcfrpfronthoodconceptsforalightweightvehicle |