Edited by: Rudolf Stauber and Ludwig Vollrath

Today’s automotive industry is challenged by ever more stringent demands to reduce fuel consumption and exhaust emissions. Lightweight design and increased use of advanced plastic components will be crucial for the next generation of cars complying with legislation.

Engineers and manufacturers who develop and produce polymer-based components for automotives are under pressure to reduce developing times and to optimize production processes for quality and economic viability. Tools of choice are computer-aided selection of polymers in combination with mathematical simulation for both, material properties and production processes. They provide crucial help in finding innovative and economical solutions when designing polymer applications for modern cars.

Plastics in Automotive Engineering; Exterior Applications provides theoretical as well as practical reviews of novel polymer applications for automotive engineering, covering materials selection, simulation, prototyping and manufacturing. Nineteen industrial case studies illustrating current polymer applications for the exterior of passenger cars and commercial vehicles complete this book.

Contents:

• Automotive Concepts and Lightweight Design
• Material Concepts and Process Technologies
• Modeling and Rapid Prototyping
• Joining
• Industrial Case Studies
• Appendix
• Subject Index

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