CHARGER XL: A LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT VEHICLE

The substantial development efforts made by the steel and aluminum industries have resulted in high strength-to-weight ratio materials that can be employed to achieve significant vehicle weight reduction. The theoretical concept of vehicle interactive weight reduction was presented in a previous work. The present work reviews this theoretical concept and presents an experimental application: Charger XL, a lightweight materials development vehicle. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Adams, D G
  • Dinda, S
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum; Lightweight materials; Materials; Steel; Strength of materials; Weight
• Old TRIS Terms: Weight control
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142393
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #760203
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM