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With their high specific strength and stiffness, composites have the potential to significantly lower the vehicle weight, which can have a dramatic effect on improving fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For the past decade or so, composites have been experiencing several transiti...
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SAE International,
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| Publisher Address: | Warrendale, Pennsylvania : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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PT (Series) (Warrendale, Pa.) ; 172. |
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With their high specific strength and stiffness, composites have the potential to significantly lower the vehicle weight, which can have a dramatic effect on improving fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For the past decade or so, composites have been experiencing several transitions, including the transition from micro-scale reinforcement fillers to nano-scale reinforcement fillers, resulting in the nanocomposite. The effectiveness of the nano-sized fillers in composites can be explained by one of their unique geometric properties: the length-to-thickness aspect ratio. Therefore, nano-sized fillers have exceptionally higher reinforcing efficiency than the conventional, large fillers. The effectiveness of the nano-sized fillers in composites is also due to their large surface area and surface energy. |
| Carrier Form: | v, 109 pages : illustrations, forms ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9780768082371 (paperback) : 0768082374 (paperback) |
| CLC: | TB383 |
| Call Number: | TB383/L926-2 |
| Contents: | Introduction to Nanocomposites -- Perspectives of nanocomposites in the automotive industry -- Nano-fiber reinforced composites -- Nano-platelet reinforced composites -- Nano-particle reinforced composites -- About the editors |