Ecofriendly, lightweight, and high-efficiency are the most important key words in manufacturing fields, especially the automobile industries. There have been many studies on lightweight automotive design [1] to [4]. For this, reducing the weight of the wheels can be a solution. Both steel wheels and aluminium alloy wheels for passenger cars are used. The aluminium wheel’s weight can be one-thir...

In this paper, the effects of roll center height of McPherson suspension mechanism on dynamic behaviour of a vehicle are first studied, and then the optimum location of roll center of this suspension system is determined for a conceptual Class A vehicle. ADAMS/Car software was used for the analysis of vehicle dynamic behaviour in different positions of suspension roll center. Next, optimization...

An Al/Stainless Steel/Al lamellar composite was produced by roll bonding of the starting sheets at 400 °C. Afterward, the roll bonded sheet was cut in half and the accumulative roll bonding (ARB) process at room temperature was applied seven times. As a result, the central steel layer fractured and distributed in the Al matrix among different layers introduced by the repetition of roll bonding ...

In this study, the joining of porous aluminum by roll forming was attempted. Two precursors were foamed heat treatment, and softened immediately after foaming roll-formed. It shown that simultaneously formed joined while maintaining structure aluminum. results four-point bending test samples, pores observed at fracture surfaces, indicating strong can be achieved forming. addition, it found opti...