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Published in: Auto Tech Review 7/2013

01-07-2013 | Technology

Aluminium connecting rods for car engines

Authors: Dr.-Ing. Jambolka Brauner, Dr.-Ing. Rolf Leiber, Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Philipp, Dipl.-Ing. Benjamin Burger

Published in: Auto Tech Review | Issue 7/2013

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Within the framework of a research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), Leiber Group GmbH & Co KG and the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering (IVK) have developed an aluminium connecting rod for a 1.8 l four-cylinder engine. The material-compliant component design made it possible to approximately halve the mass of the new aluminium connecting rod compared to the previous steel version. In a four-cylinder engine, this amounts to a total weight saving of about 1 kg. …
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Literature
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Lipp, K.; Kaufmann, H.: Schmiede- und Sinterschmiedewerkstoffe für Pkw-Pleuel. In: MTZ 72 (2011), No. 5, pp. 416 – 421
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Lapp, M.; Hall, C.: Verringerung bewegter Massen durch Leichtbaupleuel. In: Lightweight design, (2011), No. 4, pp. 30 – 36CrossRef
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Lapp, M.: Saving weight saves fuel. In: Automotivedesign. eu.com, (2011), No. 6, pp. 32 – 33
Metadata
Title
Aluminium connecting rods for car engines
Authors
Dr.-Ing. Jambolka Brauner
Dr.-Ing. Rolf Leiber
Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Philipp
Dipl.-Ing. Benjamin Burger
Publication date
01-07-2013
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Auto Tech Review / Issue 7/2013
Print ISSN: 2250-3390
Electronic ISSN: 2347-9434
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1365/s40112-013-0367-y

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