Design and manufacturing of automobile hood using natural composite structure

Recently, there has been a growing interest in the use of naturally sourced fibers for use in composites design and manufacture. In this work, a structural design on automobile hood using natural flax fiber composite was performed. The structural design results of flax/vinyl ester composite hood wer...

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Published in:Composites. Part B, Engineering Engineering, 2016-04, Vol.91, p.18-26
Main Authors: Kong, Changduk, Lee, Haseung, Park, Hyunbum
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automobiles
Automotive components
Automotive engineering
B. Mechanical properties
B. Strength
C. Finite element analysis (FEA)
Design analysis
Design engineering
Flax
Hoods
Structural safety
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Summary:Recently, there has been a growing interest in the use of naturally sourced fibers for use in composites design and manufacture. In this work, a structural design on automobile hood using natural flax fiber composite was performed. The structural design results of flax/vinyl ester composite hood were compared with the design results of metal hood structure. Through the structural analyses using commercial FEM software, it is confirmed that the designed automobile hood using natural composite is reasonable for structural safety, stability and weight. Through the structural test, it is confirmed that the designed hood structure is acceptable for structural safety and stability.
ISSN:1359-8368
1879-1069
DOI:10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.12.033