As consumers demand more and more state-of-the-art accessories in automobiles, UbM are faced with the weight dilemma. To date, automotive engineers have resorted to vehicle weight within reasonable limits. Replacing steel with aluminum has been the preferred route for most applications. The believe that the automotive industry neeeds to exploit magnesium for automotive of its lower density, better elongation characteristics, and the ability to produce complex geometry and components with varying sidewall thicknesses. Our past experiences lead us to believe that Asian OEM are at the fore-front of exploring lightweight structures than their counterparts. In this paper, the authors demonstrate the use of magnesium in structural crashworthiness applications. The authors the development of a die-cast structural magnesium instrument panes(IP) beam for an OEM company. Unlike traditional IP beams in service today, this magnesium IP beam participates in automotive crash events (such as FMVSS 208 and IIHS). The magnesium IP beam is a major load path and withstands a of crash loads a crash event. Full-vehicle LS-Byna~? simulations were performed to evaluate the magnesium IP beam performance in several crash scenarios. Test results from component testing performed on the magnesium IP beam structure is in this paper. Besides, the correlation established between the test results and is also presented here. Our experience developing this magnesium application demonstrates that magnesium is an excellent material for use in structural applications.
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