MATERIALS ENGINEERING-THE AUSTRALIAN-JAPANESE CONNECTION

This paper is No. 81014. Materials are the very nub of engineering design, having the major influence on component reliability, performance and cost. Automobile designers and manufacturers face challenges of rapidly increasing stringency. They seek to balance complex multi-variable equations involving economics, regulated design rules and market appeal. The economic use of materials, therefore, requires ingenuity and an integration of engineering and commercial coosiderations. In Australia the materials scene is complicated by constraints on material and process availability and by capability and capacity limitations in the vendor industries. This paper briefly reviews automotive materials usage and trends in the decade from 1976. Specific materials are discussed in the context of the pressures of our times, the constraints of the Australian scenario, and the Japanese connection. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 1981 National Conference: Future Automotive Technology, National Science Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

  191 Royal Parade
  Parkville, Victoria 3052,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Jacobs, K R
• Publication Date: 1981-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile industry; Building materials; Demand; Supply; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Supply and demand
• ITRD Terms: 7168: Aluminium; 8006: Australia; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 9011: Design (overall design); 8053: Japan; 4555: Material (constr); 7454: Plastic material; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349460
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 28 1982 12:00AM