Mass Efficient Architecture for Roof Strength (MEARS)
A design optimization study of an automotive roof structure for advancing safety.
Lightweight Door Outer Project (2004)
This Phase 2 (2002) A/SP Lightweight Closures Project sought to optimize material usage on a single-piece door inner panel using several different technologies. Technologies considered were 1) multi-piece tailor welded […]
The Enhanced FLC Effect
The Enhanced Formability Project was initiated on the basis of press shop observations that parts with strains substantially in excess of conventional as-received forming limit curves (FLCs) could be successfully […]
Lightweight Closures Project (2001)
The A/SP Automotive Lightweight Closures Project is a research initiative whose aim is to optimize a current production-intent sport utility vehicle door, using the automobile industry’s largest resource, steel.
A/SP AHSS Applications Guidelines (2010)
Detailed case studies on the development and implementation of sheet metal stamping processes that employ AHSS steel grades. For a more comprehensive database on AHSS Guidelines, refer to the WorldAutoSteel […]
Lightweight Closures Project (2002)
The 2002 A/SP Lightweight Closures Project was redirected to optimize material usage on a single-piece door inner panel using several different technologies. These technologies considered were multi-piece tailor welded blanks […]
Lightweight Suspension Project (Front Lower Control Arm)
The objective of this project was to develop lightweight sheet and forged steel proof-of-concept front lower control arm (FLCA) designs that achieve equivalent structural performance and function at a reduced […]
Lightweight Suspension (Front Lower Control Arm) PPT
The objective of this project was to develop lightweight sheet and forged steel proof-of-concept front lower control arm (FLCA) designs that achieve equivalent structural performance and function at a reduced […]
Future Generation Passenger Compartment
Mass optimization and fuel cell packaging study.
