Sustainable lightweight vehicle design: A case study of eco-material selection for body-in-white

Ahmad T. Mayyas; Abdelraoof Mayyas; Ala Qattawi; Mohammed A. Omar

doi:10.1504/IJSM.2012.048586

Sustainable lightweight vehicle design: A case study of eco-material selection for body-in-white

Ahmad T. Mayyas, Abdelraoof Mayyas, Ala Qattawi, Mohammed A. Omar

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Abstract

Sustainable product development when applied to an automotive structure requires a balanced approach towards technological, economic and ecological aspects. Current paper investigates the main input parameters and the different measures for the vehicular structures design for sustainability (DFS) in general and its material selection for sustainable lightweight design in particular. This study proposes a set of metrics for material selection that takes all sustainability aspects into consideration. These metrics include: products' environmental impact, functionality and manufacturability, in addition to the economic and societal factors. The manuscript then proceeds to show the material selection methodology and its limitations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	317-337
Number of pages	21
Journal	International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSM.2012.048586
State	Published - Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Automotive
BIW
Body-in-white
DFS
Design for sustainability
Lightweight design
Material selection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Management of Technology and Innovation
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)

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