Weight reduction of a carbon fibre composite wheel

The wheel of a passenger vehicle must be designed to be safe and light. Despite the tremendous potential of carbon fibre as an automotive material due to high strength and low weight, the prevalence of carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRPs) in vehicle wheels is limited. Manufacturing and testing C...

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Main Authors: Czypionka Stefan, Kienhöfer Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2019-01-01
Series:Science and Engineering of Composite Materials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/secm-2019-0018