Call for Papers
Automotive Innovation Special Issue for “Automotive Lightweight”

Automotive lightweight is one of the core technologies to realize energy saving and emission reduction and to improve the safety and operating performance. Lightweight materials such as advanced high strength steels (AHSS), Al and Mg alloys, carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) have been applied to the vehicles increasingly, and novel design concepts and manufacturing processes have been developed. It will be more important as new energy vehicles have more urgent requirements.

In this special issue, we aim to bring together original articles with significant contributions in the automotive lightweight field, which reflects the latest advances in developing and understanding lightweight materials, design of automotive lightweight structures and their manufacturing processes.

Topics:

(1) Mechanical behavior and microstructural evolution of automotive lightweight materials.

(2) Novel design and numerical analysis of automotive lightweight structures.

(3) Forming and joining processes of automotive lightweight materials.

(4) Energy & Resource efficiency, CO₂-footprint and recyclability of multi-material systems.

Guest Editors-in-Chief:

Prof. A. Erman Tekkaya, Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Components, TU Dortmund University

Prof. Junying Min,School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: 29 February, 2020

Expected publication date: 31 August, 2020

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit your papers through the online system (www.springer.com/42154) and be sure to select Special issue: Automotive Lightweight.

Please read the instructions for authors of the journal online carefully.

Please download the manuscript template online.

All articles will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on quality, originality, novelty, and relevance to the topics.

Contact:

Ms. Lili Lu

Tel:+86-10-50950036

E-mail: jai-editor@sae-china.org

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