This study addresses the enhancement of an injection-molded fiber-reinforced plastic/metal
hybrid automotive structure and its plastic injection molding process through the integration …

The integration of metal and injection-molded composite materials has the potential to
achieve numerous benefits in the design of structural components. However, due to the …

In recent years, improvement in multi-material additive manufacturing technology has
resulted in technical improvements in multi-material design employed by the automotive …

Abstract Integrated Materials and Products Design (IMPD) is a new system-based design
approach. This emerging method focuses on designing a product and its materials at the …

Process integration and optimization is the key enabler of the Integrated Computational
Materials Engineering (ICME) of carbon fiber composites. In this work, automated workflows …

This paper proposes a new method for designing lightweight automotive body assemblies
using multi-material construction with low cost penalty. Current constructions of automotive …

The design of a recycled-carbon fiber–reinforced plastic/metal hybrid (PMH) engine cradle is
realized via combined optimization techniques. Topology optimization (TO) and free-size …

The application of polymer composites as a substitution of metal is an effective approach to
reduce vehicle weight. However, the final performance of composite structures is determined …

With the development of additive manufacturing technology for fiber-reinforced composite
materials, topology optimization of fiber-reinforced composite laminates involving multiple …

The local material behaviour of cast metal and injection moulded parts is highly related to
the geometrical design of the part as well as to a large number of process parameters. In …