A coherent life cycle assessment of a range of lightweighting strategies for compact vehicles

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 1168-1176

  Raugei, Marco ^a   Morrey, Denise ^a   Hutchinson, Allan ^a   Winfield, Patricia ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Automotive; CFRP; LCA; Lightweighting; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; LIFE CYCLE; MAGNESIUM;

AUTOMOTIVE; CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS; LIGHTWEIGHTING; PASSENGER VEHICLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84946486266     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.100     Document Type: Article

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