Nowadays, globalisation enables a rapid uptake of the classical manufacturing and production technologies, thus making it much harder for European companies to compete with low labour costs of emerging countries. In order ...

For the aerospace industry, improving the fuel efficiency and emissions profile of aircraft is a major area of focus. Thereby, research is centred in the study and development of lightweight materials and in fabrication ...

The demand for lightweight fuel-efficient vehicles and the increasing industrial competitiveness between constructors have motivated the automotive industry to introduce new materials and to reinforce the accuracy of metal ...

Weight reduction is the most cost-effective mean to improve fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. Combining steel and aluminum in a hybrid structure will implement the integrated ...

Tal y como ocurre en otros sectores, el propósito de la reducción de emisiones de CO2 en el sector aeronáutico viene dado por el acuerdo internacional del protocolo de Kyoto (Naciones unidas 1998). El objetivo principal ...

The environmental protection, with special emphasis on CO2 emissions reduction, is a growing demand that the transport industry has to fulfill. Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) are interesting candidates as they can ...

Tanto la globalización como la tendencia europea de reducir a cero el impacto medioambiental, así como la reducción de las emisiones, ha generado un gran impacto tanto en las acerías como en los fabricantes de componentes ...

The main objective of this research, in which the present doctoral thesis is contextualized, is the development of strategies for the optimization of the set-up and the analysis of grinding processes, focusing on infeed ...

Pultrusion, the manufacturing process analysed in this research work, is one of the most automatised processes to obtain continuous profiles with high fibre volume fraction; and consequently, elevated mechanical properties. ...

Investment casting of magnesium is a process well suited for the production of aeronautic and automotive components, as light density components in medium and small series are obtained. But, still nowadays, this process ...