In order to keep or to reach a high level of competitiveness and performance of a product, it is necessary to explore all the possible solutions that allow the best compromise between costs and project requirements. By this point of view the study of alternative designs and/or materials to use, is an important aspect that can identify a new concept or way of thinking about a product. This paper presents how to make use of composite materials in the field of heavy vehicles transportation. A new semitrailer in composite material has been designed, using a methodical redesign approach and an optimisation process. The main innovation in this project is, besides the use of the Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics (GFRPs), also a new topology of the vehicle frame; the designed semitrailer, in fact. has a monocoque structure

CAPPELLO F, INGRASSIA T, MANCUSO A, NIGRELLI V, ALAIMO G (2007). A new design approach to the use of composite materials for heavy transport vehicles. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF VEHICLE DESIGN, 44, n. 3/4, 311-325 [10.1504/IJVD.2007.013646].

A new design approach to the use of composite materials for heavy transport vehicles

CAPPELLO, Francesco;INGRASSIA, Tommaso;MANCUSO, Antonio;NIGRELLI, Vincenzo;
2007-01-01

Abstract

In order to keep or to reach a high level of competitiveness and performance of a product, it is necessary to explore all the possible solutions that allow the best compromise between costs and project requirements. By this point of view the study of alternative designs and/or materials to use, is an important aspect that can identify a new concept or way of thinking about a product. This paper presents how to make use of composite materials in the field of heavy vehicles transportation. A new semitrailer in composite material has been designed, using a methodical redesign approach and an optimisation process. The main innovation in this project is, besides the use of the Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics (GFRPs), also a new topology of the vehicle frame; the designed semitrailer, in fact. has a monocoque structure
2007
CAPPELLO F, INGRASSIA T, MANCUSO A, NIGRELLI V, ALAIMO G (2007). A new design approach to the use of composite materials for heavy transport vehicles. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF VEHICLE DESIGN, 44, n. 3/4, 311-325 [10.1504/IJVD.2007.013646].
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