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A new design approach to the use of composite materials for heavy transport vehicles
Vincenzo NigrelliFrancesco CappelloAntonio MancusoGianluca AlaimoTommaso Ingrassiasubject
TruckEngineeringbusiness.industryProcess (engineering)Mechanical EngineeringComposite materialRedesign processSemitrailerStructural frameMonocoqueField (computer science)Semi-trailerVehicle frameAutomotive EngineeringProduct (category theory)Composite materialSettore ING-IND/15 - Disegno E Metodi Dell'Ingegneria IndustrialebusinessEngineering design processdescription
In order to keep or to reach a high level of competitiveness and performance of a product, it is necessary to explore all the possible solutions that allow the best compromise between costs and project requirements. By this point of view the study of alternative designs and/or materials to use, is an important aspect that can identify a new concept or way of thinking about a product. This paper presents how to make use of composite materials in the field of heavy vehicles transportation. A new semitrailer in composite material has been designed, using a methodical redesign approach and an optimisation process. The main innovation in this project is, besides the use of the Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics (GFRPs), also a new topology of the vehicle frame; the designed semitrailer, in fact, has a monocoque structure.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-01-01 | International Journal of Vehicle Design |