Lightweighting & Vehicle Structures | Auto/Steel Partnership

High-Strength Steel Stamping Design Manual

Sep 30, 2024

This manual is intended as a practical guide for automotive material engineers, product designers and die process planners when using high strength steels [range of 205 to 420 MPa yield strength (30-60 KSI)] for new body-in-white applications. The guidelines herein...

Light Truck Frame Joint Stiffness Study Phase 1

Sep 30, 2024

This report comprises the results of Phase 1, the modeling and testing of five joints typically used in light truck frames.

A/SP Lightweight Closures – 2001 Full Report

Sep 30, 2024

Report on the findings of a research effort to reduce mass in a sport utility vehicle door.

A/SP Lightweight Closures – 2002 Full Report

Sep 30, 2024

The Auto/Steel Partnership Lightweight Closures Project is a research initiative whose aim is to review architecture for three different types of Sport Utility Vehicle door single-piece inner panel structures, with focus on material performance, manufacturing...

A/SP Lightweight Closures – 2004 Full Report

Sep 30, 2024

The direction for the Phase 3 (2004) A/SP Lightweight Closure projects was the reduction of the door outer panel thickness using AHSS, employing different materials/thicknesses and coating variations.

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