Automotive Aluminum Castings Technology

Automotive Aluminum Castings Technology is a practical book that details the key features of high strength structural castings for automobiles with internal combustion engines and electric vehicles. The book discusses alloy options, design methodologies of critical safety components, guidelines for manufacturability, and examples of vehicle weight reduction and lightweighting. The book features major automotive castings and their geometric and functional features, main casting methods and their suitability for automotive applications, engineering of critical castings, design methodologies for high integrity lightweight designs, and vehicle lightweighting strategies.