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Composites in Manufacturing of Vehicles

The trends of development and usage of composite materials in automotive industry were investigated. The major efforts of the automotive industry are focused on developing and manufacturing of lighter vehicles with reduced fuel consumption and reduced gas emission. More and more car companies are considering the usage of composites in semi-structural applications because composites offer the ability for lighter weight vehicles with fewer corrosion problems. In this paper, emphasis is placed on analyses of roles and properties of polymer matrix composites witch are the most common used composites in automotive industry and metal matrix composites. The relative growing rate of composite applications is in stagnation mainly because of their high price and high cost of manufacturing processes.

composites; automotive industry

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