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ANTONIO MANCUSO

A new design approach to the use of composite materials for heavy transport vehicles

  • Autori: CAPPELLO F; INGRASSIA T; MANCUSO A; NIGRELLI V; ALAIMO G
  • Anno di pubblicazione: 2007
  • Tipologia: Articolo in rivista
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/5053

Abstract

In order to keep or to reach a high level of competitiveness and performance of a product, it is necessary to explore all the possible solutions that allow the best compromise between costs and project requirements. By this point of view the study of alternative designs and/or materials to use, is an important aspect that can identify a new concept or way of thinking about a product. This paper presents how to make use of composite materials in the field of heavy vehicles transportation. A new semitrailer in composite material has been designed, using a methodical redesign approach and an optimisation process. The main innovation in this project is, besides the use of the Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics (GFRPs), also a new topology of the vehicle frame; the designed semitrailer, in fact. has a monocoque structure