An important design challenge of modern vehicles is mass reduction. Hence in many cases,
mechanical design of vehicle components covers different optimization processes. One …

This study reviews the assumption that the lightweight design of commercial vehicles is
significant from the aspect of the anticipated fuel consumption and environmental …

The housing accounts for a large portion of the overall weight of automotive transmissions,
making it a part with a high need for weight reduction. In addition, while the application of …

This paper presents a multi-objective topology optimization process for the body structure of
the suspension mounting point to determine the optimum configuration that reduces the …

Design of suspension systems for Heavy Trucks is always challenging due to the heavy
loads the system is exposed to and the long life requirements for the total system. Historical …

An important problem in automotive industry is how to achieve better design concepts by
considering structure performance and manufacturing cost in the early stages of product …

In design stage, weight-strength balance is the most important factor to obtain minimum
weight value. Try and error method is used to obtain this balance in the conventional design …

The global environmental regulations have become very strict nowadays, thus most car
manufacturers aim to fulfil such restrictions by different strategies including lightweight …

Weight reduction has always been a challenge for the automotive industry, mainly to reduce
consumption but also improve handling. In electric vehicle design, the battery packs, their …

Decreasing fuel consumption and tailpipe emissions have been an important issue
nowadays for automotive industry after new regulations. Fuel consumption is also an …