Carbon Aluminium Automotive Hybrid Structures (Caahs) Project Exhibiting At The Cenex Low Carbonvehicle 2017 Event
September 5, 2017 by Gordon Murray Design LtdCARBON ALUMINIUM AUTOMOTIVE HYBRID STRUCTURES (CAAHS) PROJECT EXHIBITING AT THE CENEX LOW CARBON VEHICLE 2017 EVENT in HALL 3, Stand C3300 The Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) Event 2017 celebrates 10 years as the UK's premier technology-showcasing and networking event for the UK and international low carbon vehicle community. The Cenex-LCV annual event is being held at the Millbrook Proving Ground on 6th and 7th September. To celebrate its milestone anniversary and mark the occasion, a special 10th anniversary showcase has been created to display 10 projects, specifically chosen to best demonstrate key technology developments spanning the 10 years of LCV. Gordon Murray Design will feature in the anniversary showcase and exhibit a model of a typical lightweight iStream® structure. The equivalent full scale structure is specifically being used for benchmarking purposes to assess key performance parameters, such as weight, stiffness, and crash worthiness. These will then drive the design of the next generation iStream® structures being developed as part of the collaborative Carbon Aluminium Automotive Hybrid Structures (CAAHS) project. The CAAHS project and members of the Consortium will be present at LCV in Hall 3 on Stand C3300. The CAAHS project - a part funded 2 year programme through the Innovate UK framework - is a research based collaboration between 5 automotive partners, led by Gordon Murray Design; Innoval Technology, Constellium, BCAST – Brunel University London and Bentley Motor Company, that aims to further develop the next generation aluminium alloy materials and processes for application in automotive body structures. The participation of Gordon Murray Design in the CAAHS project is focused upon the opportunity to significantly reduce body structure weight by utilising an aluminium frame structure which uses a novel high strength extrusion alloy based on Constellium HSA6 in conjunction with advanced composite panels based on recycled carbon fibre whilst maintaining the high volume, low cost benefits of the original iStream® technology. The target is to develop a frame that is 40% lighter than the incumbent steel frame. The major deliverables from the CAAHS project will be a new generation of the iStream® technology, and body structures for application in the automotive industry that will offer significant weight savings over the current steel based system, will be inherently recyclable and provide a development path for future weight reduction in body, chassis and power train systems through the development higher strength recyclable aluminium alloys and enabling joining technologies.
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Professor Gordon Murray, Chairman of Gordon Murray Design said: 'Gordon Murray Design is pleased to be the leading participant of this important UK research initiative aimed at further development of the revolutionary iStream® manufacturing technology. The CAAHS consortium brings together industry and academic expertise to address the exiting challenges associated with the development of new high strength materials and processes improvements. These developments are necessary to ensure that new innovations can be implemented in a cost-effective and robust manner, appropriate to mass production'.
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