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Life Cycle Design & Engineering of Lightweight Multi-Material Automotive Body Parts

Results from the BMBF sponsored collaborative research project MultiMaK2

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Editors:
  1. Thomas Vietor

    1. Inst f Konstruktionstechnik, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

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  • Methods and tools to design and manufacture eco- and cost-efficient lightweight structures in automotive engineering
  • Case studies for redesigned automotive multi-material lightweight component concepts
  • Methods for improved integration of Life Cycle Engineering into automotive development processes

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sebastian Kleemann, Alexander Kaluza, Tim Fröhlich, Sebastian Gellrich, Antal Dér, Thomas Vietor et al.
    Pages 1-14

  3. Development of Automotive Body Parts in Multi-Material Design—Processes and Tools

    • Tim Fröhlich, Sebastian Kleemann, Thomas Vietor, Lars Spresny, Makram Abdelwahed, Andreas Kabelitz et al.
    Pages 15-37

  4. Knowledge Management

    • Sebastian Kleemann
    Pages 39-53

  5. Levers of Cyber Physical Production Systems for Multi-Material Body Parts Manufacturing

    • Sebastian Gellrich, Christoph Herrmann, Sebastian Thiede
    Pages 55-65

  6. Modeling and Simulation of New Manufacturing Processes for Multi-Material Lightweight Body Parts to Estimate Environmental Impacts

    • Antal Dér, Christopher Schmidt, Christoph Herrmann, Sebastian Thiede
    Pages 67-78

  7. Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Automotive Lightweight Body Parts During the Conceptual Design Stage

    • Alexander Kaluza, Andreas Genest, Tobias Steinert, Andreas Schiffleitner, Christoph Herrmann
    Pages 79-97

  8. Life Cycle Design and Engineering Lab in the Open Hybrid LabFactory

    • Alexander Kaluza, Sebastian Gellrich, Sebastian Thiede, Christoph Herrmann
    Pages 99-119

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 121-122
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About this book

This book presents the final report of the collaborative research project "MultiMaK2": MultiMaK2 contributed to the development of multi-material component concepts in large-scale automotive production. Whithin the project new methods in conceptual design of lightweight components were developed at the example of roof cross member and transmission tunnels. A concurrent Life Cycle Design & Engineering approach led to identifying eco- and cost efficient component alternatives. This includes evaluation tools for the concepts' full life cycle. Further, methods to integrate that knowledge into automotive engineering processes have been established based on principles of visual analytics. That brings forward a tight integration of data, engineering models and results visualization towards an informed knowledge building across disciplines. MultiMaK2 also compiled and structured design guidelines within a knowledge management system. All methods and tools have been embedded within the Life Cycle Design & Engineering Lab in the Open Hybrid LabFactory.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Inst f Konstruktionstechnik, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Thomas Vietor

About the editor

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Vietor studied mechanical engineering at the University of Siegen and subsequently did his doctorate at the Institute of Mechanics and Control Engineering of the University of Siegen in the area of design and structural optimization of brittle material. From 1994 to 2009 he worked at Ford and, among other positions, headed the vehicle concepts department at Ford-Werke GmbH, Cologne, as well as the development department at Ford Motor Co. England. In 2009 he became Professor and director of the Institute for Engineering Design at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. Since 2013 Prof. Vietor is Board Member of the ForschungsCampus “Open Hybrid Lab Factory e.V.” and since 2017 Chief Executive Officer of the Automotive Research Centre Niedersachsen (NFF).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Life Cycle Design & Engineering of Lightweight Multi-Material Automotive Body Parts

  • Book Subtitle: Results from the BMBF sponsored collaborative research project MultiMaK2

  • Editors: Thomas Vietor

  • Series Title: Zukunftstechnologien für den multifunktionalen Leichtbau

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65273-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-65272-5Published: 20 October 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-65275-6Published: 21 October 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-65273-2Published: 19 October 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2524-4787

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-4795

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 122

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Engineering Design, Automotive Engineering, Structural Materials, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials

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