A material selection approach to evaluate material substitution for minimizing the life cycle environmental impact of vehicles

Materials and Design

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 704-712

  Poulikidou, S ^a   Schneider, C ^a   Bjorklund A ^a   Kazemahvazi, S ^a,b   Wennhage, P ^a   Zenkert, D ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Lightweight design; Material selection; Sandwich structures; Self reinforced composites

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYBRID MATERIALS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REINFORCEMENT; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN; MATERIAL SELECTION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84941312731     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.06.079     Document Type: Article

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