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Production and Fabrication Technology Development of Aluminum Useful for Automobile Lightweighting
Author(s) -
Ito K.,
Kobayashi H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.200600072
Subject(s) - materials science , formability , fabrication , aluminium , shock absorber , production (economics) , manufacturing engineering , automotive industry , fuel efficiency , technology development , shock (circulatory) , metallurgy , mechanical engineering , automotive engineering , engineering , aerospace engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
To undertake the development of technology to increase consumption of aluminum in passenger cars for improved fuel economy through lightweighting of cars as a measure to control global warming. More specifically, R&D is conducted on the following R&D themes to develop a material with a high formability and a technology to join a steel material, as well as to establish a technology to create materials with a good shock absorption performance.
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