FY2005 Progress Report for High Strength Weight Reduction Materials
The FY 2005 Progress Report for High-Strength Weight Reduction Materials Technology Development Area seeks to reduce parasitic energy losses due to the weight of heavy vehicles without reducing vehicle functionality, durability, reliability, or safety, and to do so cost-effectively.
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- Entire document in one file (PDF 15.0 MB)
- Cover and Contents (PDF 490 KB)
- 1. Introduction (PDF 103 KB)
- 2. Materials Development (PDF 947 KB)
- 3. Materials Processing Technologies (PDF 1.8 MB)
- 4. Enabling Technologies
- 4a. Joining of Advanced Materals by Plastic Deformation (PDF 600 KB)
- 4b. Rapid, Low-Cost Tooling Development (PDF 147KB)
- 4c. Improved Friction Tests for Engine Materails (PDF 240 KB)
- 4d. Equal Channel Angular Extrusion Processing of Alloys for Improved Mechanical Properties (PDF 347 KB)
- 4e. Attachment Techniques for Heavy Truck Composite Chassis Members (PDF 504 KB)
- 4f. Laser Texturing of Propulsion Materials (PDF 841 KB)
- 4g. Friction Stir Joined Aluminum Sheet Materials for Heavy Vehicle Cab Structures (PDF 848 KB)
- 4h. Friction Stir Joining and Processing of Advanced Materials Including MMCs (PDF 1.8 MB)
- 4i. Friction Stir Welding and Processing of Advanced Materials (PDF 1.9 MB)
- 4j. Portfolio Analysis of Lightweight Materials (PDF 128 KB)
- 4k. Inventory of Heavy-Duty Truck Lightweighting Candidates (PDF 262 KB)
- 4l. Basic Studies of Ultrasonic Welding for Advanced Transportation Systems (PDF 1.1 MB)
- 4m. Effects of Highway Ice-Cleaning Treatments on Corrosion of Heavy Vehicle Materials and Components (PDF 1.1 MB)
- 5. Lightweight Vehicle Structures (PDF 3.0 MB)
- 6. Application of Innovative Materials (PDF 1.1 MB)