Composite material-based light weight bus

• Tipo: Capítulo ou Parte de Livro
• Data: 2012

Autores

Nuno A. Couto (Autor) FEUP; António Torres Marques (Autor) FEUP; Carlos Aguiar (Autor) FEUP; Fernando Gomes de Almeida (Autor) FEUP; Francisco Xavier Carvalho (Autor) FEUP; José Ferriera Duarte (Autor) FEUP; Bernanrdo Almada Lobo (Autor) FEUP

Livro

Título: Rethinking Everyday Mobility - Results and lessons learned from the CIVITAS-Elan project, Zalozba FD -The Publishing House of the Faculty of Social Sciences

Páginas: 255-274

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

Outras Informações

Resumo (PT): The cities of Ljubljana, Gent, Zagreb, Brno and Porto joined together in the CIVITAS ELAN project ¿Mobilising citizens for vital cities¿. Within the City of Porto consortium, and with the purpose of reducing the gaseous pollutants emissions, Faculty of Engineering of Porto University has led the development of a lightweight bus bodywork to be demonstrated in public streets as a shuttle service during the implementation period of CIVITAS ELAN. The use of new composite materials in the design and development of pioneering technologies enables significant reductions in weight and, consequently, in energy consumption. It was decided to transform a Toyota Coaster minibus, reusing its entire mechanical base (frame) and designing a new bodywork with composite materials. This paper presents the industrial design solutions considered and chosen, related with structural concepts, structural models simulations, manufacture and assembly. The technology applied to build the main structure was the Seeman Composites Resin Infusion Moulding Process that uses the injection of resin through vacuum to impregnate and consolidate the laminate. The different manufacturing parameters are also introduced in this document. Along with the simulations, the building strategy was aligned with the manufacturer of the moulds and of the body, in order to avoid future hurdles due to technological requirements.

Abstract (EN): The cities of Ljubljana, Gent, Zagreb, Brno and Porto joined together in the CIVITAS ELAN project ¿Mobilising citizens for vital cities¿. Within the City of Porto consortium, and with the purpose of reducing the gaseous pollutants emissions, Faculty of Engineering of Porto University has led the development of a lightweight bus bodywork to be demonstrated in public streets as a shuttle service during the implementation period of CIVITAS ELAN. The use of new composite materials in the design and development of pioneering technologies enables significant reductions in weight and, consequently, in energy consumption. It was decided to transform a Toyota Coaster minibus, reusing its entire mechanical base (frame) and designing a new bodywork with composite materials. This paper presents the industrial design solutions considered and chosen, related with structural concepts, structural models simulations, manufacture and assembly. The technology applied to build the main structure was the Seeman Composites Resin Infusion Moulding Process that uses the injection of resin through vacuum to impregnate and consolidate the laminate. The different manufacturing parameters are also introduced in this document. Along with the simulations, the building strategy was aligned with the manufacturer of the moulds and of the body, in order to avoid future hurdles due to technological requirements.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 19