Polypropylene composite material for light weight fuel tank protection shield
2022-01-0396
03/29/2022
- Event
- Content
- The fuel tank shield provides a protective boundary between the fuel tank and vehicle driveline in the event of a high-speed crash. Hence, it is important from the safety standpoint. The part must be carefully engineered to meet the challenging requirements in terms of stiffness, deflection, toughness, dimensional stability and thermal stability. In this paper, long glass fibre filled polypropylene material compound was selected and developed to meet the mentioned requirements for this part with significant mass reduction over other materials. The combination of material, optimized part and tool design led to weight savings and considerable cost reduction. This is a ready to mold material used in injection molding process.
- Citation
- Govindaraj, K., Jayashankar, V., and C, K., "Polypropylene composite material for light weight fuel tank protection shield," SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0396, 2022, .