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This book describes different types of rubber-pad forming processes currently being studied for their experimental and numerical advantages and disadvantages. Rubber forming adopts a rubber pad contained in a rigid box in which one of the tools (die or punch) is replaced by the rubber pad. Up to 60% of all sheet metal parts in aircraft industry such as frames, seat parts, ribs, windows and doors are fabricated using rubber-pad forming processes. Key process parameters such as rubber material, stamping velocity, rubber-pad hardness and thickness and friction conditions are investigated.

Sheet-metal work. --- Lightweight construction --- Metal-work

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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

Lightweight construction. --- Motor vehicles -- Design and construction. --- Motor vehicles -- Materials. --- Motor vehicles. --- Motor vehicles --- Lightweight construction --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Automotive Engineering --- Design and construction --- Materials --- Materials. --- Automotive vehicles --- Transportation, Automotive --- Vehicles --- Engineering

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Provides information on how, in order to achieve the Army's envisioned Objective Force, the Committee on Lightweight Materials for the 21st Century Army Trucks was asked to identify research and technology development opportunities related to the introduction of lightweight structural materials for light medium and heavy Army trucks.

Military trucks --- Lightweight construction. --- Materials --- Construction, Lightweight --- Light construction --- Light weight construction --- Minimum weight construction --- Motor-trucks, Military --- Trucks, Military --- Building --- Trucks --- Vehicles, Military

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The use of lightweight metals and composites to replace heavy structural materials for military hardware and weapons systems (ships, aircraft, ground vehicles, etc.) is a new strategic consideration for defence forces; falling under Naval S&T Strategic Plans. The objectives of the workshop were to seek state-of-the-art ideas, from outside of the continental United States, in the field of low-density metallic materials and composites for structural applications, as well as modeling and simulation software tools which are capable of generating and identifying damage evolution data for health monitoring, corrosion control, life prediction and assessment of civil and military hardware systems.

Light metal alloys --- Lightweight construction --- Construction, Lightweight --- Light construction --- Light weight construction --- Minimum weight construction --- Building --- Light alloys --- Alloys --- Corrosion --- Testing