Structural design with composite materials

The global auto industry has made advances in the improvement of driveline efficiency and in the lightweight development of structures, increasingly using carbon fiber-reinforced composites (CFRPs) to achieve modest weight savings. Therefore, we have tried to realistically describe the static and dynamic behaviors of CFRP automobile parts through the use of appropriate mathematical models and computer simulation analyses.

HC Lee, YS Jung, HJ Oh, SS Kim, The design of a hybrid composite strut tower for use in automobiles. Advanced Composite Materials. 2014

The stress distribution in the hybrid composite strut tower