...., 113, pp. 432–437 ) are extended to include the case where the clamped members are of different material types. Results for a steel/aluminum joint are presented in detail, and a generalized technique for estimating the member stiffness for any material combination is derived. The method developed...

...Timothy Krantz; Clark Cooper; Dennis Townsend; Bruce Hansen Hard coatings have potential for increasing gear surface fatigue lives. Experiments were conducted using gears both with and without a metal-containing, carbon-based coating. The gears were case-carburized AISI 9310 steel spur gears. Some...

... material options for a bumper-reinforcing beam on a 1030 kg vehicle. In this analysis, glass fiber composites and high-strength steel beams result in the lowest life cycle energy consumption. This paper also presents a set of life cycle energy terms designed to clearly distinguish between energy...