Metallurgy of Lightweighting

<p>The existential threat of global warming has triggered the need to reduce the energy consumption of vehicles. This can be achieved by reducing the weight of vehicles; a process known as lightweighting. The book reviews recent progress in this multifaceted discipline and discusses possible future developments. It references 214 original resources with their direct web links for in-depth reading.</p><p>Keywords: Aluminum Iron Ductile Iron Castings Magnesium Alloys Nano-Composites Steel Titanium Joining Dissimilar Materials Batteries Electric Vehicles Body Torsioning Castability Drawability Elasto-Viscoplastic Model Electroplasticity Embrittlement Eutrophication Extrudability Front Crash Structure Hall-Heroult Electrolysis Hall-Petch Effect Hot Extrusion Hydroforming Liftgate-Assembly Lomer-Cottrell Lock Machinability Metamodel Microballoon Monocoque Nano-Scale Spinodal Nugget Debonding Peening Portevin-LeChatelier Powerplant Powertrain Recrystallization Texture Recyclability Rheocasting Rivetability Self-Piercing Riveting Solutionizing Stiffness Strain Hardening Superplastic Forming Taylor Polycrystal Thixomolding Weldability Zener Effect Zener Pinning.</p>