Composite reinforcement in a light stainless steel bus structure - Hybrid_beams

Project summary

The project focuses on the development and testing of a hybrid bus structure parts that will be a combination of CFRP, foam and stainless steel. Special intention is focussed to lower the structure mass and increase stiffness resistance to crash and fatigue damage. The new bus structure concept with the addition of carbon fibre and foam, use as local reinforced, makes the new light structure more useful and effective to electric buses, hydrogen buses and CNG buses. The behaviour of the real hybrid structure will be demonstarted by tests and FEM calculation on a part of bus structure.