{ "article_id": 796, "public_id": "4c8892b1-05d8-470a-baaf-48fe92802bcd", "internal_identifier": null, "source_identifier": "39:161", "status": "published", "type": "review", "title": "Body Design in Electric Microcars: A Review", "title_secondary": null, "abstract": "As the world is running out of fossil fuels and the environment is being seriously damaged by the combustion residuals\r\nof the internal combustion engines, the world countries have begun to search alternative ways for mobility. Lightweight electric\r\nvehicles with low energy consumption values are seen as one of the strongest candidates of future mobility. As the smallest\r\nversions of road vehicles, microcars are totally suitable for electric vehicle technology, with minimum energy consumption\r\nvalues due to their minimalistic designs. They reduce the energy consumption values when they also save the redundant sizes of\r\nconventional personal vehicles. Thus, they are also considered as an alternative solution to the expanding traffic jams in major\r\ncities. Body design for an electric vehicle also has a great importance since its weight reduction directly affects the vehicle\r\ndriving range. Vehicle body is a larger design domain for the mass optimization, rather than the other parts. In this study, methods\r\nfor design and optimization of a microcar body are introduced, which apply to weight reduction by removing materials from\r\nunloaded or relatively less loaded regions and makes an optimization between the mass and stiffness. Comparisons are also made\r\nbetween the materials which could be used and currently being used in microcar bodies in terms of strength, weight, and price.  ", "language": "en", "english_title": null, "english_abstract": null, "doi": null, "doi_url": null, "resource_url": "https://www.set-science.com/a/4c8892b1-05d8-470a-baaf-48fe92802bcd", "pdf_url": "https://www.set-science.com/a/4c8892b1-05d8-470a-baaf-48fe92802bcd/pdf", "og_image": "https://www.set-science.com/assets/img/og-card-v2.png", "authors": [ { "public_id": "483aa4bd-3024-4383-bde2-a6fda4741d7c", "given": "Levent", "family": "Bilal", "full": "Levent Bilal", "literal": null, "orcid": null, "orcid_url": null, "email": "levent.bilal@ogr.deu.edu.tr", "corresponding": false, "sequence": "first", "affiliations": [ { "name": "Dokuz Eylül University", "department": null, "country": null, "country_code": null, "ror": null, "ror_url": null } ] }, { "public_id": "5078f541-256d-4141-9c94-0d1611c1f3b5", "given": "Gündüz", "family": "Seyhan", "full": "Gündüz Seyhan", "literal": null, "orcid": null, "orcid_url": null, "email": "levent.bilal@ogr.deu.edu.tr", "corresponding": false, "sequence": "additional", "affiliations": [ { "name": "Dokuz Eylül University", "department": null, "country": null, "country_code": null, "ror": null, "ror_url": null } ] }, { "public_id": "e731bd3b-5469-4343-b8dd-84e688d0bfde", "given": "Merve", "family": "Karaca", "full": "Merve Karaca", "literal": null, "orcid": null, "orcid_url": null, "email": "levent.bilal@ogr.deu.edu.tr", "corresponding": false, "sequence": "additional", "affiliations": [ { "name": "Dokuz Eylül University", "department": null, "country": null, "country_code": null, "ror": null, "ror_url": null } ] }, { "public_id": "f8738943-a486-4433-b0fc-b4808f9b31f1", "given": "Mehmet Murat", "family": "Topaç", "full": "Mehmet Murat Topaç", "literal": null, "orcid": null, "orcid_url": null, "email": "murat.topac@deu.edu.tr", "corresponding": true, "sequence": "additional", "affiliations": [ { "name": "Dokuz Eylül University", "department": null, "country": null, "country_code": null, "ror": null, "ror_url": null } ] } ], "keywords": [ "Microcars, lightweight design, vehicle body design, future mobility, clean energy, optimization" ], "translations": [ { "language": "en", "title": "Body Design in Electric Microcars: A Review", "abstract": "As the world is running out of fossil fuels and the environment is being seriously damaged by the combustion residuals\r\nof the internal combustion engines, the world countries have begun to search alternative ways for mobility. Lightweight electric\r\nvehicles with low energy consumption values are seen as one of the strongest candidates of future mobility. As the smallest\r\nversions of road vehicles, microcars are totally suitable for electric vehicle technology, with minimum energy consumption\r\nvalues due to their minimalistic designs. They reduce the energy consumption values when they also save the redundant sizes of\r\nconventional personal vehicles. Thus, they are also considered as an alternative solution to the expanding traffic jams in major\r\ncities. Body design for an electric vehicle also has a great importance since its weight reduction directly affects the vehicle\r\ndriving range. Vehicle body is a larger design domain for the mass optimization, rather than the other parts. In this study, methods\r\nfor design and optimization of a microcar body are introduced, which apply to weight reduction by removing materials from\r\nunloaded or relatively less loaded regions and makes an optimization between the mass and stiffness. Comparisons are also made\r\nbetween the materials which could be used and currently being used in microcar bodies in terms of strength, weight, and price.  \r\n", "keywords": [ "Microcars, lightweight design, vehicle body design, future mobility, clean energy, optimization" ] } ], "subjects": [], "subject_names": [], "published_date": "2018-12-31", "published_year": "2018", "received_date": null, "accepted_date": null, "volume": "3", "issue": null, "page_first": "853", "page_last": "858", "article_number": null, "conference": { "short_name": "ISAS2018-Winter", "full_title": "2nd International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Scientific Studies", "name": "2nd International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Scientific Studies", "acronym": "ISAS2018-Winter", "location": "Samsun, Türkiye", "start_date": "2018-11-30", "end_date": null, "public_id": "b8a703cc-09f7-4d5b-ae60-eb31a1050720" }, "proceedings": { "title": "2nd International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Scientific Studies", "series_title": "Setsci conference indexing system", "publisher": "SET Technology", "isbn": null, "eisbn": null, "issn": "2618-6446", "eissn": null, "doi": null, "doi_prefix": null, "slug": "setsci-volume-3-2018-legacy-39", "public_id": "641f522e-9cf0-4c89-be17-c6037f3d1bca", "url": "https://www.set-science.com/p/setsci-volume-3-2018-legacy-39" }, "license": { "name": "CC BY 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "code": "CC-BY-4.0", "open_access": true }, "copyright": { "holder": "SET Technology", "year": "2018" }, "funding_statement": null, "funders": [], "references": [ { "order": 1, "raw": "Grzegozek W. 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