TY - BOOK ID - 10051520 TI - Materials, design and manufacturing for lightweight vehicles PY - 2010 SN - 1613443641 1845697820 1845694635 9781613443644 9781845697822 9781845694630 9781439829721 1439829721 PB - Boca Raton : CRC Press, DB - UniCat KW - Lightweight construction. KW - Motor vehicles -- Design and construction. KW - Motor vehicles -- Materials. KW - Motor vehicles. KW - Motor vehicles KW - Lightweight construction KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Automotive Engineering KW - Design and construction KW - Materials KW - Materials. KW - Automotive vehicles KW - Transportation, Automotive KW - Vehicles KW - Engineering UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10051520 AB - Research into the manufacture of lightweight automobiles is driven by the need to reduce fuel consumption to preserve dwindling hydrocarbon resources without compromising other attributes such as safety, performance, recyclability and cost. Materials, design and manufacturing for lightweight vehicles will make it easier for engineers to not only learn about the materials being considered for lightweight automobiles, but also to compare their characteristics and properties.Part one discusses materials for lightweight automotive structures with chapters on advanced steels for lightweight ER -