Automobile bodies: Can aluminum be an economical alternative to steel?

JOM

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 28-32

  Roth, Richard ^a   Clark, Joel ^a   Kelkar, Ashish ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CISCO SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; CASTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FORGING; FUEL ECONOMY; STEEL;

ALUMINIUM FABRICATION PROCESSES;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 0035414617     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-001-0131-7     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Aluminum: New challenges in downstream activities
2. Techno-economic issues in materials selection
3. Steel vs. aluminum vs. polymers: The battle for automotive body applications in the 21st century
4. Cost implications of learning in the development of aluminum autobody designs