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Urban-EV applies innovative manufacturing technologies and materials to produce a 2-seat urban electric"br" vehicle with enhanced range: 150km. Attending to weight and power targets, the vehicle is classified as L7e,"br" heavy quadricycle. The aim of the project is to design and test [...]

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The light-weight design of a rear bumper for a type of vehicle is taken as the research object, and multi-model and multi-objective optimization is applied to optimize the size of the rear bumper. Multi-model and multi-objective topology optimization can achieve simultaneous optimization [...]

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The construction sector is responsible for high grey energy consumption and high greenhouse gas emissions. Adaptive structures can be a suitable solution to counteract this. Actuation of a beam to reduce the mass by counteracting the deflection with integrated fluidic actuators [...]

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A great deal of work on lightweight cost-effective strategies has been underway in the last decades to improve the electric vehicle efficiency and driving range. At the time, and according to recent EU project results, up to 30-40% weight reduction was achieved so far in the vehicle [...]

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In the present study will show the concept of FOREST project which will contribute to the decarbonisation of the transport sector by developing and implementing innovative bio-based polymers & additives and recycled [...]

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The main objective of the LIGHTRANS project is the design and development of lightweight multi-material structures, through the development of optimized and low-cost manufacturing and joining processes. Which should allow its application in eco-efficient road transport vehicles. [...]

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Currently, the railway sector demands novel lighter designs for the structural components of rolling stock that compensate for the increase in weight due both to the incorporation of new technologies for passenger [...]

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Composite materials play a very relevant role in various sectors, thanks to the lightweighting they can accomplish. Their implementation has been steadily increasing [...]