Constellium has announced the opening of its new ‘Automotive Structures; facility in Zilina, Slovakia, dedicated to the production of aluminium Crash Management Systems and Body Structure components ...
Metal crush structures have been used for years to absorb crash impact in automobiles and racecars. Although composite crush structures are now used and, in fact, offer better crash energy absorption ...
PARIS, Jan. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Constellium (NYSE: CSTM) will exhibit its latest innovations in aluminium Automotive Structures at CES 2024 in Las Vegas from January 9-12. A leading supplier ...
The first plastic-metal hybrid (PMH) front end structure, used on the 1999 C170 Ford Focus GOR from Ford Motor Co. (Detroit, Mich., U.S.), has been named the 2019 Hall of Fame winner by the Automotive ...
SAE Transactions, Vol. 100, Section 6: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CARS (1991), pp. 245-258 (14 pages) The present paper outlines basic material models for composite strength and failure analysis, based on ...