The most fundamental and effective means of reach the current co_2 emission target and end life disposal reduction is through the use of novel light weight and recyclable materials. On the current study, three materials i.e. classic glass-mat-reinforced thermoplastics (GMT), GMTex (a chopped fiber glass mat reinforced PP laminate with randomly oriented glass fibers and additionally reinforced with a fabric inside) and GMT-UD, (a chopped fiber glass mat reinforced PP laminate with randomly oriented glass fibers and additionally reinforced with unidirectional oriented glass fiber layers) supplied by Quadrant were considered for front bumper application. Detailed material characterization were conducted and their application for substituting the current steel material were numerically assessed. Results show that, the above mentioned modifications made on classical GMT are indeed improving both the tensile and impact performance of the original material and therefore they can be candidates for structural purpose in place of steel and aluminum.

Crashworthiness of integrated crash-box and bumper beam made by die- forming composite / Belingardi, Giovanni; Beyene, ALEM TEKALIGN; Koricho, ERMIAS GEBREKIDAN; Martorana, B.. - (2014), pp. 1-8. (Intervento presentato al convegno 16th European Conf. on Composite Materials tenutosi a Seville (Spain) nel 22-26 June 2014).

Crashworthiness of integrated crash-box and bumper beam made by die- forming composite

BELINGARDI, Giovanni;BEYENE, ALEM TEKALIGN;KORICHO, ERMIAS GEBREKIDAN;
2014

Abstract

The most fundamental and effective means of reach the current co_2 emission target and end life disposal reduction is through the use of novel light weight and recyclable materials. On the current study, three materials i.e. classic glass-mat-reinforced thermoplastics (GMT), GMTex (a chopped fiber glass mat reinforced PP laminate with randomly oriented glass fibers and additionally reinforced with a fabric inside) and GMT-UD, (a chopped fiber glass mat reinforced PP laminate with randomly oriented glass fibers and additionally reinforced with unidirectional oriented glass fiber layers) supplied by Quadrant were considered for front bumper application. Detailed material characterization were conducted and their application for substituting the current steel material were numerically assessed. Results show that, the above mentioned modifications made on classical GMT are indeed improving both the tensile and impact performance of the original material and therefore they can be candidates for structural purpose in place of steel and aluminum.
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