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Textile composites in the automotive industry

P. Abel1, C. Lauter2, T. Gries1,  and T. Troester2     1Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany     2Automotive Lightweight Design (LiA), University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

Abstract

This chapter takes a look at the automotive application of textile composites regarding different aspects of fatigue. After giving an introduction to modern lightweight design principles and the use of textile composites in automobiles in general, multi-material and hybrid design approaches for lightweight design in the automotive sector are presented. Because an automotive application implies large series production, cost and, in particular, quality play an important role for ...

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