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How can structural composites for lightweighting overcome the crash compatibility challenge?

April 26, 2017challenge compatibility composites crash lightweighting OVERCOME safety structural Transportation

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How can structural composites for lightweighting overcome the crash compatibility challenge?

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Panel presentations (10 min each): • Prof. Paolo Feraboli, University of Washington, and Chair of CMH-17 Crashworthiness Working Group- “Characterization of automotive composite materials- designing real cars with carbon fiber composite bodies.” View: PDF Version(PDF, 1.15MB) • Dr. Jackie Rehkopf, Exponent and past- Chair, SAE High Strain Rate Plastics Consortium (SAE HSRPC) – “Plastics and composites: the benefit of industry accepted testing and modeling goes beyond implementation” View: PDF Version(PDF, 8.6MB) • Prof. Jacob Fish, Professor of Engineering and Director of the Multiscale Science and Engineering Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- “Multiscale modeling for crash prediction of composite structures” View: PDF Version(PDF, 4.2MB) • Prof.