Biomimetics and Composite Materials toward Efficient Mobility: A Review

The development of new materials has always been strictly related to the rise technologies and progressively efficient systems. However, cutting-edge might not be enough ensure effectiveness a given product if design guidelines used do favor specific advantages this material. Polymeric composites are known for their excellent mechanical properties, but current manufacturing techniques relatively narrow expertise in field amongst engineers impose challenge provide most suitable designs certain applications. Bio-inspired designs, supported by thousands years evolution nature, have shown extremely profitable tools optimized yet structurally complex shapes which tailoring aspect polymeric perfectly fit. Bearing mind old-fashioned auto-parts vehicles built with metals little or no topological optimization, present work addresses how biomimicry is being applied mobility industry nowadays lightweight structures designs. A general overview made regarding vehicles, approaching use composite already contributed successful cases.