Lightweight Design worldwide

Use a compass to decide

Thomas Siebel

Epoxy resins reinforced with carbon nanotubes

Jan Benra, Stefan Forero

Single-component composites made from pure cellulose

Johanna M. Spörl, Frank Hermanutz, Michael R. Buchmeiser

“Lightweight design must reflect the interests of industry”

Improved crash characteristics of high-strength aluminum safety components

Matthias Hartmann, Simon Brötz, Andreas Schiffl, Johannes Österreicher

Tailored dual-phase steels for axial and lateral load cases

Patrick Kuhn

Concept of an L7e micro car with high passive safety

Rainer Wolsfeld, Fabian Klein, Kristian Seidel, Lukas Zehnpfennig

Hybrid lightweight design concept for the vehicle floor

Markus Sattel

Hot pressing of complex and near-net-shape 3-D components

Guido Wittwer, Simon Backens, Stefan Schmidt, Nikolai Glück

Eddy current testing in CFRP production

Georg Bardl, Richard Kupke, Henning Heuer, Chokri Cherif