Assessing the life cycle costs and environmental performance of lightweight materials in automobile applications

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1694-1709

  Witik, Robert A ^a   Payet, Jérôme ^a   Michaud, Véronique ^a   Ludwig, Christian ^a,b   Månson, Jan Anders E ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibres; A. Glass fibres; A. Polymer matrix composites; Life cycle analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE APPLICATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS; LIGHTWEIGHT POLYMERS; REDUCED COST; VEHICLE COMPONENTS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEIGHT SAVING;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; CARBON FIBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GLASS FIBERS; MAGNESIUM; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 80053328741     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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