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  title info:
    title: Lightweight composite structures in transport
    sub title: design, manufacturing, analysis and performance
  name:
    name part: Njuguna, James
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  table of contents: Front Cover; Related titles; Lightweight Composite Structures in Transport; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering; Preface; One -- The lightweight philosophy: materials selection, principles and design solutions; 1 -- An introduction to lightweight composite materials and their use in transport structures; 1.1 Background; 1.1.1 Lightweighting benefits-automotive example; 1.1.2 Historical overview on composites; 1.2 Polymers-general introduction; 1.3 Engineering polymers-selected examples; 1.3.1 Thermosets.
  table of contents: 1.3.1.1 Phenolic resins1.3.1.2 Epoxy resins; 1.3.1.3 Unsaturated polyesters; 1.3.1.4 Alkyd resins; 1.3.1.5 Diallyl phthalate; 1.3.1.6 Amino resins; 1.3.2 Thermoplastics; 1.3.2.1 Polyesters (thermoplastic); 1.3.2.2 Polyamides (nylon); 1.3.2.3 Polyacetals; 1.3.2.4 Polyphenylene sulfide; 1.3.2.5 Polycarbonates; 1.3.2.6 Polysulfone; 1.3.2.7 Modified polyphenylene ether; 1.3.2.8 Polyimides; 1.3.3 Elastomers; 1.3.4 Foams; 1.3.5 Ceramic-matrix composites; 1.3.6 Metal-matrix composites; 1.4 Reinforced composites; 1.4.1 Synthetic fiber reinforcement; 1.4.2 Particle reinforcement.
  table of contents: 1.4.3 Green composites1.5 Sandwich composites; 1.5.1 Definition; 1.5.2 Components in sandwich composites; 1.5.2.1 Core; 1.5.2.2 Skins; 1.5.2.3 Properties of sandwich composites; 1.6 Outlook; 1.6.1 Automobiles; 1.6.2 Marine; 1.6.3 Bicycles; References; 2 -- Challenges, opportunities, and perspectives on lightweight composite structures: aerospace versus automotive; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Manufacturing, use, and performance requirements; 2.2.1 Look and feel; 2.2.2 Environment, recycling, and repair; 2.2.3 Manufacturing and joining; 2.3 Design and analysis.
  table of contents: 2.3.1 Stiffness versus crash requirements2.3.2 Fatigue and failure; 2.3.3 Certification requirements; 2.3.4 Numerical simulation; 2.3.5 Simulation of composites; 2.3.6 Design optimization; 2.4 Market and supply issues; 2.4.1 Costs; 2.4.2 Providing value to the customer; 2.4.3 Engineering talent; 2.4.4 Production needs; 2.5 Conclusions; References; 3 -- Opportunities in the design stage of composite components to reduce weight during assembly operations; 3.1 Benefits of composite parts; 3.2 Shortcomings of composite parts; 3.3 Weight opportunities in assembly; 3.3.1 Tolerance analysis.
  table of contents: 3.3.2 Shimming on assembly3.3.3 Assembly loads; 3.3.4 Reducing the quantity of fasteners on assembly; 3.3.5 Automatic fibre placement process; 3.3.6 Lightning strike; 3.3.7 Final paint; 3.3.8 Unfolding; 3.3.9 Aluminium-lithium alloys; 3.3.10 Safety health monitoring; 3.3.11 Automation in assembly; 3.3.12 Titanium alloy parts manufacturing; 3.3.13 Laser beam welding in assembly; 3.4 Conclusions; References; 4 -- The automotive body lightweighting design philosophy; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The automotive lightweighting design philosophy; 4.3 The mid-spectrum concept.
  note: edited by James Njuguna.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Live loads
  subject:
    topic: Composite materials
  subject:
    topic: Lightweight construction
  subject:
    topic: Surcharges (Construction)
  subject:
    topic: Composites
  subject:
    topic: Construction légère
  subject:
    topic: live loads
  subject:
    topic: composite material
  subject:
    topic: lightweight construction
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Civil
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Composite materials
  subject:
    topic: Lightweight construction
  subject:
    topic: Live loads
  subject:
    topic: Leichtbau
  classification: TA654.3
  classification: 624.172
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Woodhead Publishing series in composites science and engineering ; no. 67
  identifier: 9781782423430
  identifier: 1782423435
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  record info:
    record content source: NLE
    record creation date: 151211
    record change date: 20260407211225.7
    record identifier: in00005760152
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng