Southern Regional Center for Lightweight Innovative Design

Mississippi State University

关键词: 32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1045450
RP-ID  :  EE0002323
RP-ID  :  1045450

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The three major objectives of this Phase III project are: • To develop experimentally validated cradle-to-grave modeling and simulation tools to optimize automotive and truck components for lightweighting materials (aluminum, steel, and Mg alloys and polymer-based composites) with consideration of uncertainty to decrease weight and cost, yet increase the performance and safety in impact scenarios; • To develop multiscale computational models that quantify microstructure-property relations by evaluating various length scales, from the atomic through component levels, for each step of the manufacturing process for vehicles; and • To develop an integrated K-12 educational program to educate students on lightweighting designs and impact scenarios.