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- Title
Current Trends in Metallic Materials for Body Panels and Structural Members Used in the Automotive Industry.
- Authors
Trzepieciński, Tomasz; Najm, Sherwan Mohammed
- Abstract
The development of lightweight and durable materials for car body panels and load-bearing elements in the automotive industry results from the constant desire to reduce fuel consumption without reducing vehicle performance. The investigations mainly concern the use of these alloys in the automotive industry, which is characterised by mass production series. Increasing the share of lightweight metals in the entire structure is part of the effort to reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. Taking into account environmental sustainability aspects, metal sheets are easier to recycle than composite materials. At the same time, the last decade has seen an increase in work related to the plastic forming of sheets made of non-ferrous metal alloys. This article provides an up-to-date systematic overview of the basic applications of metallic materials in the automotive industry. The article focuses on the four largest groups of metallic materials: steels, aluminium alloys, titanium alloys, and magnesium alloys. The work draws attention to the limitations in the development of individual material groups and potential development trends of materials used for car body panels and other structural components.
- Subjects
STRUCTURAL panels; AUTOMOBILE industry; ATMOSPHERIC carbon dioxide; NONFERROUS metals; NONFERROUS alloys; PLATINUM group; ALUMINUM alloys; LIGHTWEIGHT materials
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2024, Vol 17, Issue 3, p590
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma17030590