Surface Transports (ST)
Surface Transports (ST)
New Materials and Joining Technologies for Environmentally Friendly Road Vehicles.
Goal
- Novel technological and methodological solutions for the design of advanced road vehicles with focus on environmental friendliness and safety.
Key Tasks
- Structural characteristics of road vehicle and modelling approaches for vehicle system and structural components
- New materials and structural solutions for structural vehicle components
- Advanced joining technologies for hybrid materials in structural components
- Life cycle assessment of structural component
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Vehicle dynamics performance in terms of maneuverability and comfort
Outputs
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Computational methods and tools for the analysis of the structural components influence on the dynamic performance of vehicles.
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New materials and structural solutions tailored for the substitution of selected structural components of vehicles.
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Methodology for the life cycle assessment of new structural components solutions.
Featured Publications
Millan, P., Ambrósio, J. Tire–road contact modelling for multibody simulations with regularised road and enhanced UA tire models (2024) Multibody System Dynamics.
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-024-09987-z
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-024-09987-z
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Millan, P., et al. On the use of transmissibility for the detection of damaged springs in the primary suspension of a locomotive (2024) Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 238(2), 237-248.
DOI: 10.1177/09544097231189535
DOI: 10.1177/09544097231189535
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Millan, P., Ambrósio, J. Enhanced UA (University of Arizona) tire model for computationally efficient and stable multibody simulations (2024) Vehicle System Dynamics, 1–28.
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2024.2373153
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2024.2373153
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Millan, P., et al. On the influence of joining processes on the vibration of structures (2023) Journal of Advanced Joining Processes, 8, 100170.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jajp.2023.100170
DOI: 10.1016/j.jajp.2023.100170
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Millan, P., et al. Influence of the friction modelling decisions on the acceptance of the running behaviour of a friction-damped locomotive (2023) Vehicle System Dynamics, 1-20.
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2023.2195668
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2023.2195668
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Beygi, R., et al. A Novel Lap-Butt Joint Design for FSW of Aluminum to Steel in Tee-Configuration: Joining Mechanism, Intermetallic Formation, and Fracture Behavior (2023) Metals, 13.6, 1027.
DOI: 10.3390/met13061027
DOI: 10.3390/met13061027
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Millan, P. et al., Clearance joints and friction models for the modelling of friction damped railway freight vehicles (2023) Multibody System Dynamics, 58, 21-45.
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-022-09857-6
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-022-09857-6
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Beygi, R. et al. Comparative Study Between Stainless Steel and Carbon Steel During Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding with Aluminum: Kinetics of Al–Fe Intermetallic Growth (2022) Metals and Materials International, 28(8), pp. 1948-1959.
DOI: 10.1007/s12540-021-01070-y
DOI: 10.1007/s12540-021-01070-y
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Beygi, R. et al. Utilizing a ductile damage criterion for fracture analysis of a dissimilar aluminum/steel joint made by friction stir welding (2022) Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 274 (15).
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108775
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108775
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Beygi, R. et al. The inhibitory effect of stir zone liquefaction and eutectic-phase formation on the growth of γ/β intermetallics during dissimilar FSW of Al/Mg alloys (2021) Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 70, pp. 152-162.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmapro.2021.08.049.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmapro.2021.08.049.
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Beygi, R. et al. A comprehensive analysis of a pseudo-brittle fracture at the interface of intermetallic of η and steel in aluminum/steel joints made by FSW: Microstructure and fracture behavior (2021) Materials Science and Engineering A, 824, art. no. 141812.
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2021.141812.
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2021.141812.
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Beygi, R. et al. Design of friction stir welding for butt joining of aluminum to steel of dissimilar thickness: heat treatment and fracture behavior (2021) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 112(7-8), 1951-1964.
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-020-06406-3
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-020-06406-3
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