The enhancement of fuel economy and the emission of greenhouse gases are the key
growing challenges around the globe that drive automobile manufacturers to produce …

Environmental stringent norms, weight reduction, and the ever-depleting mode of petroleum
resources have stimulated the use of textile-based natural fibres as reinforcement in …

Light-weight structure utilising novel design and advanced materials is one of the keys to
improving the fuel efficiency and reducing the environmental burden of automotive vehicles …

Due to recent trend and increasing awareness towards sustainable product design, natural
based fiber materials are gaining a revival popularity to replace synthetic based fiber in the …

Considering the crashworthiness and lightweight requirements in automotive industry,
composite materials have been gaining increasingly more attention for their high specific …

Application of natural fibre composites is going to increase in different areas caused by
environmental, technical and economic advantages. However, their low mechanical …

Structural polymeric composite (SPC) materials have become increasingly popular in the
automotive industry due to their lightweight potential, excellent fatigue, and impact …

In this paper, the most important parameters including material, thickness, shape and impact
condition are studied for design and analysis of an automotive front bumper beam to …

Inspired by the multiscale configuration of the microstructure of cork, the paper describes the
design, 3D printing, and evaluation of a new type of multilayered cellular composite (MCC) …

The bumper beam assembly absorbs the kinetic energy and encounters deformation during
low and high-velocity impact crash collisions and accidents. An optimal bumper energy …