2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
COMPOSITE ENGINE BLOCK – CHALLENGES FOR DESIGN AND MATERIAL
Authors: Melanie Jauernick, Christine Schütz, Joachim Sterz, Birte Horn
Published in: Technologies for economical and functional lightweight design
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
A hybrid engine block including a metal supporting structure and a composite plastic housing shall be designed and manufactured. The focus lies on the material selection, adapted to the engine block requirements, and the analysis of the joint area by pressure and leak tight tests. Several surface treatments are applied and compared to each other.
