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Sustainable Design: An Integrated Approach for Lightweighting Components in the Automotive Sector

Authors : C. A. Dattilo, L. Zanchi, F. Del Pero, M. Delogu

Published in: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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In past years the European Union (EU) set targets to reduce emissions in order to encourage and develop a more sustainable society. As a consequence of this, the carmakers began to study new materials and innovative technologies in order to lightweight their vehicles, thus reducing use stage fuel consumption and environmental impact. A promising strategy for this is replacing steel with composites although the adoption of these materials often involves negative effects on production and End-of-Life (EoL) stages. For this reason, a comprehensive assessment of the entire component Life Cycle (LC) is needed, not only in terms of environmental issues but also economic and social ones. This paper presents a sustainable design approach based on TOPSIS methodology functional to compare different design solutions in the automotive sector; the approach is also validated by an application to a real case study.

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Title: Sustainable Design: An Integrated Approach for Lightweighting Components in the Automotive Sector
Authors: C. A. Dattilo
L. Zanchi
F. Del Pero
M. Delogu
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-57077-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-57078-5

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_29

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