Bonded Car: CAE reliability tools &design methods for structures with hybrid bonded joints
Lead Participant:
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
Abstract
To enable companies to successfully compete today and in the future, they need to develop the next generation of light weight environmentally friendly and sustainable transportation systems. As these products are subjected to demanding and repeated loadings, it is necessary to be able to predict the durability performance of the joints in the vehicle.
The Bonded Car project has developed commercially available software simulation tools to predict the operating life of five joining technologies: - Structural Adhesive, Self-Pierce Rivets, Aluminium Spot Welds, Weld-Bonded and Riv-Bonded.
This will enable the type of joint, location and number of joints required to be determined, to meet the durability operating performance of the structure, while reducing both cost and weight.
The Bonded Car project has developed commercially available software simulation tools to predict the operating life of five joining technologies: - Structural Adhesive, Self-Pierce Rivets, Aluminium Spot Welds, Weld-Bonded and Riv-Bonded.
This will enable the type of joint, location and number of joints required to be determined, to meet the durability operating performance of the structure, while reducing both cost and weight.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED | £812,136 | £ 233,011 |
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Participant |
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NOVELIS UK LTD | ||
ATLAS COPCO IAS UK LIMITED | £39,162 | £ 17,623 |
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY | £218,299 | £ 218,299 |
INNOVAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | £59,934 | £ 27,000 |
DOW AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED | ||
STOKE GOLDING APPLIED RESEARCH | £96,543 | £ 43,220 |
HBM LIMITED | £89,124 | £ 40,500 |
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK | £25,190 | £ 25,190 |
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