Automobile manufacturers in the developing nations tend to make more and more fuel efficient cars compared to the luxurious type, given to the popularity. Fuel efficiency has a direct relation with th....
The Deep Orange [1] initiative is an integral part of the automotive graduate program at Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research. The initiative was developed to provide the gr....
A continuous welding process known as friction stir welding (“FSW” below) has been applied to the welding of steel and aluminum die-cast members, and has been employed in mass production for the first....
The objectives of a new generation of light trucks required the development of a new platform chassis, using advances in packaging, manufacturing efficiency, mass reduction, fuel efficiency, noise and....
It is common knowledge that body attachment stiffness is an important factor of road noise performance. Thus, a high stiffness of body attachments is required, and determining their optimized stiffnes....
Corrosion testing and simulation has played a critical role in the development of corrosion resistant automobiles. Much has been learned over a period of time with respect to the automotive corrosion ....
