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Various aspects of global trends like energy saving or safety, economic and production targets or requirements due to the automation give high and challenging targets for the development of future vehicles. With respect to these requirements weight saving is also a must during an early phase of the concept and structural development process. Within the Next Generation Car project the DLR is looking for solutions for future integrated functions like health monitoring and the combination of passive and active safety functions. New material systems and novel combinations of design methods are also developed. The integrated approach of combining development and optimization methods with tools for the design is the key to the development of concepts for holistic lightweight solutions and new vehicle concepts utilizing highly automated and autonomous driving abilities. Challenges and potentials for next generation lightweight design are shown and solutions and results from the DLR project Next Generation Car are presented.
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Friedrich, H.E., Beeh, E., Roider, C.S. (2018). Solutions for Next Generation Automotive Lightweight Concepts Based on Material Selection and Functional Integration. In: Orlov, D., Joshi, V., Solanki, K., Neelameggham, N. (eds) Magnesium Technology 2018. TMS 2018. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72332-7_52
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