Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140101030

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP140101030

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Reducing the environmental impact of passenger vehicles by the design of lightweight alloy components. There are approximately a billion passenger vehicles in the world and the number is growing each year. The reduction in vehicle weight is therefore critical as it is one of the major contributors to both fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. A major challenge for the automotive industry is to address this problem by replacing high density materials with lighter weight materials with comparable properties. The aim is to design new lightweight aluminium alloys with the desired properties to replace existing high density steel fasteners in vehicles. It is expected that the new components aim to reduce the total weight of a standard car by at least 20kg; this would be a significant achievement in the eyes of automotive manufacturers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Automotive Engineering Materials | Materials Engineering | Metals and Alloy Materials

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transport Activities | Structural Metal Products |

Other Keywords

Automotive Engineering Materials | Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transport Activities | Materials Engineering | Metals and Alloy Materials | Structural Metal Products

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