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A review of some new materials for lightweight and better performance purposes in vehicle components
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Abstract
Automobiles are the world’s primary way to travel, which leads to a constant race that automobile manufacturers are improving their vehicle performance by reducing weight. This paper introduces the values of density, yield strength, tensile strength, tensile modulus, flexural strength, and other properties of some new materials such as carbon fiber composite, magnesium alloy, aluminum alloy, high-strength steel, and carbon ceramic. Their drawbacks and advantages in vehicle industries and their potential development are presented in this paper.
Keywords
Lightweight, Automobile, Weight-Reduction, New Materials
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Mathematical Physics and Computational Simulation
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-261-9
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-262-6
- Published Date
- 26 December 2023
- Series
- Theoretical and Natural Science
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-8818
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-8826
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-8818/28/20230474
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- 26 December 2023
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